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Hi everyone,
I just updated my Aria to FR007 and really want to have a 'brand new' phone look + feel.
I would like to delete ALL unnecessary files in the SD card & phone memory cos at the moment, I feel like something is not amiss.
I only have 574mb left out of the stock 2gb SD card. And my internal phone storage have only 132mb available space left.
I would like to save only my nandroid backup in the SDcard and nothing else. So deleting all other datas like saved apps, games, contacts, images, music and others are fine.
Please advice what procedure I need to follow as I am not familiar with what files are safe to delete. Is it safe to just do this:
Settings > SD & Phone Storage >Factory Data Reset ?
Thank you for your advice!
I would like to know this as well because out of a 8GB SD card (7.59GB) i only have 549MB remaining and i only have 1 nandroid back up and 3 GB of music on the phone.
That's a loaded question dependant upon what apps are installed. Many apps create folders and populate the sd card in some form.
Best I can tell you, mount the storage and copy the sd content to your computer. Erase the sdcard content and see what happens after reboot. Should only potentially bother 3rd party apps.
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Thanks for the advice BelacNongaw.
I thought about that too but I was thinking maybe there are some system files or essential files that MUST be in the SD card. And also, wouldn't deleting everything in the SD card also delete my nandroid backup? And Clockwork? <-They do reside in the SD card, yes?
Let me reiterate please: I want a 'brand new' phone while keeping only my last nandroid backup Will a factory reset do?
Thanks again everyone!
I had the same problem and the only thing I noticed was nandroid backups take a lot of space and also apps that have been deleted keep their folders in the sd card
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Okay this is what I did:
1. Back up my SDcard to the computer (plug it in, mount as disk drive, copy all contents to a folder on the desktop).
2. Restart the Aria in Recovery mode (Vol. down while Power up)
3. Go to Recovery > Partitions > Format SD Card
Now I have 1.84gb of SD storage with these folders (viewed in Astro):
1. .footprints / thumbnails / voices
2. LOST.DIR
3. tmp / .astro / astro
Haven't tested everything yet but eBuddy and Market are doing well, downloading and app installation are running fine too.
Now I'm quite concerned about the following:
1. Does this mean that I do not have clockwork anymore? Because there was a 'clockworkmod' folder in the SDcard before I formatted it.
2. Am I screwed?
Thank you for any suggestions/advice. I hope this thread can offer some helpful tips to those who need it in the future.
You are fine. The clockworkmod folder is where rom manager downloads and your nandroid backups are stored. You can just copy it back or rom manager will generate it again next time you nandroid backup.
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Thanks for reminding me BelacNongaw.
I just made a nandroid backup of my bare minimum Aria, and it automaticall created a clockworkmod folder in the SDcard with the md5 file.
Anyways, it's great to have all these space now
Great post guys I was wondering this myself. I recently rooted my inspire 4g to factory restore but all 3rd party apps are still on the sd card and i have no intention of re-installing any of them so i am looking for a safe way to delete unnessesary folders without deleting the vital ones, ill give your suggestions a try.
Technically you can safely delete everything that's on the sd card. Android will automatically create whatever folders it needs. Of course you'll lose any data saved to the sd, but you wont mess up your phone at all.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.
i have a g2 but i have the same thoughts i want the space back from sd card not worried about loosing any thing just dont want to mess the phone up
Don't worry. SD card is totally an external of the phone. Delete everything, it doesn't matter. And backup your needed files to any place you like. You can move them back to your reformatted SD card whenever you like.
Hy guys, there is something I dont understand about nandroid. I flashed my rom, kernel, downloaded apps, change setting, homescreen etc. and now i would like to back it up exactly as it is. I read that nandroid is best for that but it doesnt backup sd card? whats up with that. I look at my sd card with root explorer and there are many folder and files that were made by apps when they were insteled on the phone.Does it backup that also? Also i have many apps, apps2sd, will it make backup of them also?
It won't back up your entire phone onto your phone. It would get really big with all the music, videos, etc, that a person might have. If you have your external card mounted then you can attach via a USB cable to your computer then either with adb or with a file manager copy all of /mnt/sdcard youlle get the important things that nandroid does not. The exception I can think of is that it doesn't seem to back up your modem firmware, so if your partial to a particular one then just have it as a flashable file.
Ok, thanks, so it doesnt backup internal sd card because someone told me yesterday that it does? If i copy the entire sd card to PC and latter copy it back to mobile like that will it work. First i recover nandroid backup, than i format internal sd card and than copy all the files back to sd card.
A Nandroid backup will copy a lot, but it can't copy everything or there wouldn't be room on the device for it to be practical. It is quite supprising how much it will keep; it just isn't a complete backup solution is all.
Addressing your question though, as for copying the entire sd card, you really only need to copy the folder /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard ; the latter is a symlink to /mnt/sdcard
If you try to copy your entire sdcard then it is possible to end up with data from partitions that will take forever to copy and that you really don't want, for example /proc on the phone is just kernel information that doesn't even exist when the phone is turned off. To keep things simple, everything is part of the ROM and kernel except for /mnt/sdcard and in the case of and external sd card, /mnt/sdcard/external_sd but the latter (/mnt/sdcard/external_sd) will be copied along with the first one provided it is mounted when you do it.
The only other exception to what needs to be backed up is a partition called /efs and there are various tutorials with various methods about how to do that. I would follow one of them rather than just copying the data out as its a partition that holds unique information about the phone that it can't function with if it gets messed up. This is more immediately important and I think there's quite simply some apps that will do it for you if you look at the sticky threads here. The files will be on your phone though so you'lle want to pull them off on to your computer for sure.
As for your friend's advice, though, you won't typically ever need more than a Nandroid backup unless something happens to that other data, for example if there's filesystem corruption. If you do a restore of your ROM then it still retains all your music and photo goodies or whatever, app settings get wiped though where they are retained with Nandroid. The only thing that I'd worry about is if the impending update to Ice Cream Sandwhich somehow wipes suff, or if you play around at the command line a lot make a mistake unintentionally. If it weren't for the updates and beta ICS releases we're seeing then I'd simply be telling you not to worry about it, but to back things up and be done with it.
By the way, doesn't Kies back things up? I don't have it so I don't remember but it seems like that's how I initially got things onto it and that it has a sync option. Perhaps this is enough?....
Igor 3 said:
Hy guys, there is something I dont understand about nandroid. I flashed my rom, kernel, downloaded apps, change setting, homescreen etc. and now i would like to back it up exactly as it is. I read that nandroid is best for that but it doesnt backup sd card? whats up with that. I look at my sd card with root explorer and there are many folder and files that were made by apps when they were insteled on the phone.Does it backup that also? Also i have many apps, apps2sd, will it make backup of them also?
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Man just do the backup and don't worry about the sd card files/folders. The reason it doesn't back them up is because they stay there anyway. Eg, if you uninstall an app, a folder that was created by it on your sd card is still there. Flashing firmware, including wipe versions doesn't touch the 11.5gb internal storage or external storage.
BTW, most of my internal sd card is used up and 25gb is used up on my external card. If the backup was to include those a 64gb memory card wouldn't be enough.
Between the S1 and S2 I've backed up and restored over 100 times, including after fully wiping the phone (but not formatting sd cards) and the phone always looks and functions exactly as before, including apps.
So, only copy memory card files to PC if you intend to format the internal / external cards or if you are worried you might lose stuff if the memories become corrupted.
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Thanks guys for you help. I dont use Kies also so i dont know and, yes, i format sd card before flashing every rom so i would probably format it also before making restore of nandroid backup. Also when i delete some app a delete a folder created by it on sd card. OK, than i will make a nandroid backup and copy mnt/sdcard on PC so if it ever gets corupted i can restore everything. As for efs folder, Neak kerenl made a backup of that automatic so i just made a copy of that on PC.
Every so often I go though the folders on the sd cards and clean them up a little but I have never formatted the sd cards. I don't really think you should do it with every flash.
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so the deal here is that i wanted to put a 16gb sd from 8gb that i was using. i had the old sd card (8gb) in my phone, i copied the whole thing on my computer's hard drive. put the new one in my phone, then formatted, then copied back everything from the computer.
Now, i only see 129 apps on the phone out of 285 i used to have. most of the apps i used to have were moved to sd using apps2sd.
i tried searching but i found results regarding how to backup before using new sd, or how to format etc. if i got blind for some reason and have missed the thread can someone please direct me to the right thread? or else can someone please help me that how can i get those apps back?
thanks for any kind of help.
P.S, not rooted.
chubaan said:
so the deal here is that i wanted to put a 16gb sd from 8gb that i was using. i had the old sd card (8gb) in my phone, i copied the whole thing on my computer's hard drive. put the new one in my phone, then formatted, then copied back everything from the computer.
Now, i only see 129 apps on the phone out of 285 i used to have. most of the apps i used to have were moved to sd using apps2sd.
i tried searching but i found results regarding how to backup before using new sd, or how to format etc. if i got blind for some reason and have missed the thread can someone please direct me to the right thread? or else can someone please help me that how can i get those apps back?
thanks for any kind of help.
P.S, not rooted.
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According to me , you have the hidden files and folder disabled on your PC. So enable it, the from your old sdcard(8gb) copy a folder named ".android_secure" and put it in 16GB, then check again if that worked.
mnomaanw said:
According to me , you have the hidden files and folder disabled on your PC. So enable it, the from your old sdcard(8gb) copy a folder named ".android_secure" and put it in 16GB, then check again if that worked.
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Thanks for reply, will try this..
If you do that you may be subjected to random freezes,lockups,etc. Not saying this for a 100% but usually that's the case. When you install apps and run them certain apps place folders on your sd card that are linked to the app. Also if you move apps to your sd VIA program/mod they are stored in the android_secure folder located on your sd card. When you format,move,alter,etc the folder from the sd or alter the contents inside of the .android_secure folder you remove/break the links, and just dropping the folder back on the SD will work but in most cases it dosent restore the links correctly from my understanding. IMO your best bet is to just uninstall the apps you had moved to your sd and then reinstall them. Also for future reference don't move or alter the
.android_secure folder folder if you have a nandroid that has some of the apps you installed moved to the sd. This is just my understanding. Hope this helps
Edit-as far as how to format your sd or format a new SD read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10878511&postcount=8311
It's good info.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
chubaan said:
so the deal here is that i wanted to put a 16gb sd from 8gb that i was using. i had the old sd card (8gb) in my phone, i copied the whole thing on my computer's hard drive. put the new one in my phone, then formatted, then copied back everything from the computer.
Now, i only see 129 apps on the phone out of 285 i used to have. most of the apps i used to have were moved to sd using apps2sd.
i tried searching but i found results regarding how to backup before using new sd, or how to format etc. if i got blind for some reason and have missed the thread can someone please direct me to the right thread? or else can someone please help me that how can i get those apps back?
thanks for any kind of help.
P.S, not rooted.
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use a linux based system to copy the files and folders over...it overtakes the permissions left behind in a windows format
mnomaanw said:
According to me , you have the hidden files and folder disabled on your PC. So enable it, the from your old sdcard(8gb) copy a folder named ".android_secure" and put it in 16GB, then check again if that worked.
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thanks. i did what you suggested and i got all the apps back.
laie1472 said:
If you do that you may be subjected to random freezes,lockups,etc. Not saying this for a 100% but usually that's the case. When you install apps and run them certain apps place folders on your sd card that are linked to the app. Also if you move apps to your sd VIA program/mod they are stored in the android_secure folder located on your sd card. When you format,move,alter,etc the folder from the sd or alter the contents inside of the .android_secure folder you remove/break the links, and just dropping the folder back on the SD will work but in most cases it dosent restore the links correctly from my understanding. IMO your best bet is to just uninstall the apps you had moved to your sd and then reinstall them. Also for future reference don't move or alter the
.android_secure folder folder if you have a nandroid that has some of the apps you installed moved to the sd. This is just my understanding. Hope this helps
Edit-as far as how to format your sd or format a new SD read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10878511&postcount=8311
It's good info.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
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i already copied the folder and i see everything i had, so ill wait and see if it will freeze.. thanks
wloftus said:
use a linux based system to copy the files and folders over...it overtakes the permissions left behind in a windows format
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thanks for the solution. but i dont have linux based system nor do i know anything about it, been with windows since 98..
I have a Nabi 2 that was rooted almost a year ago to gain access to the Google Play store.
My needs have changed since then and I wanted to restore it to factory settings.
The original root was performed by a friend that I am no longer in contact with.
If I boot normally the Nabi is stuck here:
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I have managed to get it to boot to TRWP by pressing the power and + keys. I see this:
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There are no images to "restore" under the restore tab. This is what I see:
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I am hoping someone can provide me with a kernel file or some tips on how to restore the machine to it's 'out-of-the-box' configuration.
I want to donate this device to a young child and need to get it back into a kid friendly mode.
Any help really appreciated.
There is a lot of info here that can help get you going .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fuhu_nabi_2
after you get it going make a back up and STORE the back up on the pc would be my suggestion .
Parts you might have questions about feel free to post
include as much info as you can as this can help make it easier to understand the problem
IE,
TWRP Recovery installed 2.xx
I am on Version 2.3.xx release keys
ect
hth
Eric Karz said:
There is a lot of info here that can help get you going .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fuhu_nabi_2
after you get it going make a back up and STORE the back up on the pc would be my suggestion .
Parts you might have questions about feel free to post
include as much info as you can as this can help make it easier to understand the problem
IE,
TWRP Recovery installed 2.xx
I am on Version 2.3.xx release keys
ect
hth
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I think if I understand correctly, I should be able to restore the factory image using the restore function of TWRP.
In my case there is no backup there for me to utilize.
I put some files on a 16Gb sd card to see if the restore function would see them but it still shows up blank.
I checked the box that says "mount SD card" but I do not see the files.
I am sure it it something I am doing wrong.
I have posted pictures of what I see.....just in case I am not describing it correctly.
Thanks!
see if you have a system folder
in twrp -under mount, put a check in system
then back out of mount
now click on Advanced/file manager/
Scroll down to Sytem - tap it to enter it .
IF you can see that its still in tact then try factory reset
Factory Reset is under the WIPE menu .
Eric Karz said:
see if you have a system folder
in twrp -under mount, put a check in system
then back out of mount
now click on Advanced/file manager/
Scroll down to Sytem - tap it to enter it .
IF you can see that its still in tact then try factory reset
Factory Reset is under the WIPE menu .
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Thanks for your help...
I found the folder SYSTEM and clicked on it.
I do not see any files on the right side and I only another folder called LOST+FOUND on the left side.
If I enter LOST+FOUND I also see no files on the right.
Can I copy the required files into the SYSTEM folder from a SD Card?
generatorlabs said:
Thanks for your help...
I found the folder SYSTEM and clicked on it.
I do not see any files on the right side and I only another folder called LOST+FOUND on the left side.
If I enter LOST+FOUND I also see no files on the right.
Can I copy the required files into the SYSTEM folder from a SD Card?
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in Twrp restore you can pick just system to restore
just make sure that "SYSTEM' is the only thing with a checkmark
Eric Karz said:
in Twrp restore you can pick just system to restore
just make sure that "SYSTEM' is the only thing with a checkmark
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When you say use TWRP RESTORE you are talking about the button on the home screen labeled RESTORE right?
If I go into RESTORE as described above I have the option of using EXTERNAL SD or INTERNAL STORAGE.
No matter which I choose there is nothing showing up in the PACKAGE TO RESTORE area.
The last picture in my original post shows exactly what I see when I go into RESTORE.
It is like the a backup was never done or somehow got erased.
Any ideas?
Thanks Eric
generatorlabs said:
When you say use TWRP RESTORE you are talking about the button on the home screen labeled RESTORE right?
If I go into RESTORE as described above I have the option of using EXTERNAL SD or INTERNAL STORAGE.
No matter which I choose there is nothing showing up in the PACKAGE TO RESTORE area.
The last picture in my original post shows exactly what I see when I go into RESTORE.
It is like the a backup was never done or somehow got erased.
Any ideas?
Thanks Eric
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what I was saying is that if you download something from the wiki like 1937 put that TWRP back up on your External SD card inside of the TWRP folder
then use the Restore function in TWTP.
it will show up along with data boot system etc.
you can just Restore system .
use your pc. place the back up on ext sd card .when finished place the external sdcard back in to nabi.
then boot in to twrp /use Restore and you should see it.(just checkmark system ) swipe to do the function
exit and reboot nabi
hth
Eric Karz said:
what I was saying is that if you download something from the wiki like 1937 put that TWRP back up on your External SD card inside of the TWRP folder
then use the Restore function in TWTP.
it will show up along with data boot system etc.
you can just Restore system .
use your pc. place the back up on ext sd card .when finished place the external sdcard back in to nabi.
then boot in to twrp /use Restore and you should see it.(just checkmark system ) swipe to do the function
exit and reboot nabi
hth
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I am sorry I sound like such a tool. A lot of this stuff is very unfamiliar territory for me.
Here is where I at:
I downloaded 1937stock.zip
I placed a copy on the SD card and copied that to the SYSTEM folder.
Went into RESTORE and did not see anything pop up.
Then I unzipped the file and copied those individual files to the SYSTEM folder and the same result.
Then I looked at your post again and it said put it in the TWRP folder.
Where is the TWRP folder? Should it be in the root folder?
The only place I saw a TWRP folder is within another folder called SDCARD. That folder can be seen from the root folder. However the contents of that folder change depending on what mount options are selected.
I am a little confused here about mounting and the folders named EXTERNAL_SDCARD and SDCARD.
Can you enlighten me a little on the difference between these two?
Should the 1937stock.zip file remain zipped or do I have to break the files out individually when restoring them?
And finally where should the TWRP folder you mentioned be located?
Thanks!
Think of Twrp restore function as a windows restore point
think of internal sd as widows primary hard drive(main OS is here)
think of External sd as a windows hard drive 2
you do not want to copy anything to system. you want to let TWRP do it for you .
1st thing you want to do is Extract the zip to the pc desktop in its own folder
then take the folder from the desktop and place it on the External sd card
then place the EXT.sd card in to the nabi2
Boot nabi in to twrp
click on Restore
here is a example of how it should look on the External sd
/twrp/backup/FOLDER TO RESTORE HERE
if you look in restore you will see the option for twrp to look at internal or xternal sd card for the back up .
Eric Karz said:
Think of Twrp restore function as a windows restore point
think of internal sd as widows primary hard drive(main OS is here)
think of External sd as a windows hard drive 2
you do not want to copy anything to system. you want to let TWRP do it for you .
1st thing you want to do is Extract the zip to the pc desktop in its own folder
then take the folder from the desktop and place it on the External sd card
then place the EXT.sd card in to the nabi2
Boot nabi in to twrp
click on Restore
here is a example of how it should look on the External sd
/twrp/backup/FOLDER TO RESTORE HERE
if you look in restore you will see the option for twrp to look at internal or xternal sd card for the back up .
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I did exactly as you spelled out above. Unzipped 1937stock and put the files in a folder on the SD card that looked like this /twrp/backup
I verified the contents of the SD card while in my PC. It had 9 files in it. 2 boot* files, 2 data* files, 3 recovery* files and 2 system* files.
I put the SD card in the Nabi, made sure SD card was mounted and again verified contents of EXTERNAL_SDCARD with File Manager.
The files were all visible with the File Manager.
When I go to RESTORE it still shows up blank. If I click either internal or external storage, it makes no difference.
It is almost though RESTORE is looking for the files in a completely different path.
The only options in the RESTORE function are the sort buttons on the bottom of the screen and the two radio buttons on the top for internal or external storage.
Can I move the folder from the SD card to internal storage?
Would it make a difference?
What is the default path TWRP uses if internal storage is selected?
Or is the box on RESTORE screen supposed to populate with a tree that I can navigate to a specific folder?
For me it is just plain blank no matter what I press.
Similar to the picture in my first post.
Your instructions seem pretty straight forward. I double checked my steps but no dice.
Any ideas?
Thanks
generatorlabs said:
I did exactly as you spelled out above. Unzipped 1937stock and put the files in a folder on the SD card that looked like this /twrp/backup
I verified the contents of the SD card while in my PC. It had 9 files in it. 2 boot* files, 2 data* files, 3 recovery* files and 2 system* files.
I put the SD card in the Nabi, made sure SD card was mounted and again verified contents of EXTERNAL_SDCARD with File Manager.
The files were all visible with the File Manager.
When I go to RESTORE it still shows up blank. If I click either internal or external storage, it makes no difference.
It is almost though RESTORE is looking for the files in a completely different path.
The only options in the RESTORE function are the sort buttons on the bottom of the screen and the two radio buttons on the top for internal or external storage.
Can I move the folder from the SD card to internal storage?
Would it make a difference?
What is the default path TWRP uses if internal storage is selected?
Or is the box on RESTORE screen supposed to populate with a tree that I can navigate to a specific folder?
For me it is just plain blank no matter what I press.
Similar to the picture in my first post.
Your instructions seem pretty straight forward. I double checked my steps but no dice.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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lets try this
check an make sure that the External SD card is formatted in fat32
you can use the pc to do this
now place the External SDcard back in to the nabi
boot in to Twrp and choose the BACKUP function make sure that it is going make the backup to the external s card.
(the goal is to see if twrp is working)
IF this works then you should see a new TWRP folder on the external SD card
now go back in to RESTORE to see if you can see the back up you just made to your External sd card.
ps: yes you can move the TWRP folder to the internal sdcard if you wanted
Twrp will work from both Sdcards
Eric Karz said:
lets try this
check an make sure that the External SD card is formatted in fat32
you can use the pc to do this
now place the External SDcard back in to the nabi
boot in to Twrp and choose the BACKUP function make sure that it is going make the backup to the external s card.
(the goal is to see if twrp is working)
IF this works then you should see a new TWRP folder on the external SD card
now go back in to RESTORE to see if you can see the back up you just made to your External sd card.
ps: yes you can move the TWRP folder to the internal sdcard if you wanted
Twrp will work from both Sdcards
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Ok you are 'da' man....good plan of attack.
I formatted the card, fat 32, just to be sure.
Put card in Nabi booted and mounted SD Card
Ran backup and it did create files on the card.
It also created a timestamped folder
I assume you want me to replace all those files with the file from the stock zip package correct?
I did replace all the files in that backup folder with the files from the stock package in preparation.
I do not want to proceed until you let me know if I can pull that trigger.
I am only committing the SYSTEM files?
Do I leave DATA & BOOT unchecked?
Does this process remove TWRP and make it completely stock? That was my goal.
If I do get back to stock will I then be able to participate with the regular OTA updates that I read will bring the Google Play store on the device natively?
Thanks for your continued and rather quick responses! :highfive:
generatorlabs said:
Ok you are 'da' man....good plan of attack.
I formatted the card, fat 32, just to be sure.
Put card in Nabi booted and mounted SD Card
Ran backup and it did create files on the card.
It also created a timestamped folder
I assume you want me to replace all those files with the file from the stock zip package correct?
I did replace all the files in that backup folder with the files from the stock package in preparation.
I do not want to proceed until you let me know if I can pull that trigger.
I am only committing the SYSTEM files?
Do I leave DATA & BOOT unchecked?
Does this process remove TWRP and make it completely stock? That was my goal.
If I do get back to stock will I then be able to participate with the regular OTA updates that I read will bring the Google Play store on the device natively?
Thanks for your continued and rather quick responses! :highfive:
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1st I would want you to keep a copy of that back up you just made on your pc <just incase we need something from it in the future>
Also keep it on the SDCARD
on your pc find that TWRP folder you just made
and add the folder you first tried to it
Example TWRP/BACKUP/BACK UP UP I MADE
TWRP/BACKUP/The one I downloaded
put card back in nabi boot to twrp
go in Restore and look for "the one I diownloaded" folder
uncheck all except system
swipe for the function to work
then it should ask you to REboot
Fingers crossed GOOD luck ..lol
Edit We will want it to update by its self
As of now you have a ICS(ice cream sandwich version of android) Currently we are up to jellybean 4.1.1
the tricky part for me was going from ICS to JB because I had missing Files that it wanted to update
also the Boot and Recovery is Diffent between the 2.
Eric Karz said:
1st I would want you to keep a copy of that back up you just made on your pc <just incase we need something from it in the future>
Also keep it on the SDCARD
on your pc find that TWRP folder you just made
and add the folder you first tried to it
Example TWRP/BACKUP/BACK UP UP I MADE
TWRP/BACKUP/The one I downloaded
put card back in nabi boot to twrp
go in Restore and look for "the one I diownloaded" folder
uncheck all except system
swipe for the function to work
then it should ask you to REboot
Fingers crossed GOOD luck ..lol
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Dude your killing me....I did what you said above and rebooted and BOOM!
IT WORKS AGAIN!
It went through the OUT OF THE BOX setup. Yes!!!......BUT there is one big problem.
It will not see my wifi card.
If I try to turn on wifi via the nabi control panel it just stays off. The on screen switch appears to work but if I navigate to another screen and then back the switch is marked OFF again. No AP's show up in the access list.
Do I have to install a patch?
I noticed that TWRP is still installed.
And Thank you a million times over for getting me to this point!
before We mess with the wifi - some things to try
Are you broadcasting SSID? Wifi protected set up ?
Un power your router wait 1 minute then Repower it.
If that's not it then
Reboot in to TWRP
go in to wipe
only wipe*
cache and dalvik cache -* Nothing Else *.
Reboot nabi
Eric Karz said:
before We mess with the wifi - some things to try
Are you broadcasting SSID? Wifi protected set up ?
Un power your router wait 1 minute then Repower it.
If that's not it then
Reboot in to TWRP
go in to wipe
only wipe*
cache and dalvik cache -* Nothing Else *.
Reboot nabi
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No success. I have a number of AP's beside my own in this area that I can usually see.
I even turned on the hotspot on my phone and placed it very close and it could not pick that up either.
The on screen wifi switch behavior is still the same.
Did the two cache wipe things as well and no luck.
Should I have chosen a different stock***.zip? I see the Wiki has about 10 different flavors under the STOCK section.
generatorlabs said:
No success. I have a number of AP's beside my own in this area that I can usually see.
I even turned on the hotspot on my phone and placed it very close and it could not pick that up either.
The on screen wifi switch behavior is still the same.
Did the two cache wipe things as well and no luck.
Should I have chosen a different stock***.zip? I see the Wiki has about 10 different flavors under the STOCK section.
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ok one more thing to try .
in TWRP go in Restore
and only Choose "Boot"
swipe to restore that function.
Reboot the nabi
check if wifi is working
Eric Karz said:
ok one more thing to try .
in TWRP go in Restore
and only Choose "Boot"
swipe to restore that function.
Reboot the nabi
check if wifi is working
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Sorry man, no dice
It is doing the same thing. When you go to switch the radio on, a dialogue box come up that says "Please wait while loading", with a round swirly thing spinning. It looks like it is trying to initialize something but when the dialogue box closes I don't see AP's. Funny thing is the bluetooth radio switch stays on while the wifi switch will not.
ok Reboot to TWRP
go to mount
choose data - then back out
go in to Advanced/filemanager
then click on data then misc
then go to wifi
on the right you will see wpa_supplicant.config
tap it
on next screen choose Rename File
on next screen type .bak
so it looks like this
wpa_supplicant.config.bak
hit enter on the screen keyboard
next screen
Swipe to confirm
Reboot the nabi .
check to see if wifi works
I've just tried to do a backup on my NT running AOSP 7.0. I have TWRP 3.0.2-0 in emmc.
The first attempt I tried to go to the "external SD" card since there is lots of room there. Everything seemed to go just fine although I thought the backup size was a bit small, just over 2 gb. On reboot I could not find the backup anywhere. I tried ES File Explorer and the native File Explorer. No sign of anything like "/external_sd/TWRP/Backups/" etc., and no sign in ES File Explorer that another 2 gb chunk was occupied by something.
So I went back into TWRP and looked at the File Manager there. Not only could I not find evidence of the backup but every folder listed showed as empty! Well, I think TWRP is often very squirrely, so I was not too worried about that. I went to try another backup and saw that by the mysterious accounting of TWRP, I had about 2 gb less storage space on the "micro SD card" than before I tried the first backup. Hmm..... When I tried a second backup, it failed, stating there was no space (despite there being over 13 gb). Finally, I decided to try a backup to internal. This went just fine, but the folder for storage of the backup was supposed to be something like "/emmc_unused/TWRP/Backup/" etc., and--you guessed it, was not visible in any file manager of any sort.
After a reboot I went back into TWRP and to my horror now the internal storage shows about 2 gb less!!!!!! ARGH! Where are these files that are taking up space but nowhere to be found?!
Edit: AHA! Is there a manual somewhere for TWRP? This time I tried "Mount" for internal. Very strange. There is a screen to select what to "mount", but not a button or something to say "now do it!". Anyway, once I did that, I was able to see both of the mysterious locations mentioned above and delete both backups, freeing up the 2 gb in each "location". But I still have no idea how to make a backup and put it somewhere I can actually get at it. I generally off-load backups and store them on my PC.
nmyshkin said:
I've just tried to do a backup on my NT running AOSP 7.0. I have TWRP 3.0.2-0 in emmc.
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But I still have no idea how to make a backup and put it somewhere I can actually get at it. I generally off-load backups and store them on my PC.
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Have you tried using a PC sdcard reader to read the sdcard?
I have had problems finding/accessing from my PC some of the files on my HD+ that I had created while I was using terminal emulator (which I suspect having to do with file ownership and access permission setting but which I have not found a solution for), but I have always been able to read and copy CWM/TWRP backup files on sdcard by using a card reader.
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Have you tried using a PC sdcard reader to read the sdcard?
I have had problems finding/accessing from my PC some of the files on my HD+ that I had created while I was using terminal emulator (which I suspect having to do with file ownership and access permission setting but which I have not found a solution for), but I have always been able to read and copy CWM/TWRP backup files on sdcard by using a card reader.
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The OS warns that the SD card will become encrypted and unreadable by external means if you choose to extend the memory rather than using the card in the traditional format. So, no, you can't just pop it out and read it on a PC.
The really confounding part is that even a backup saved to internal cannot be copied off. The directory seems to be invisible to everything but TWRP.
Really feeling buyers remorse on that decision but I'm afraid of the damage if I revert the card. I can backup content I've stored there but there's no way to know how much the OS has placed there. All that would be lost and some apps might be messed up. Ugh.