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hello everyone I have a question, when I made my nandroid backup of my stock rom and the one i'm using now before applying a patch and one after the patch but made the first 2 by mistake to the internal memory of the phone now I want to move them to my PC but i can't find them with root browser(or explorer ) I can see them in CWM when I go in to recovery but I'm not sure were there getting store also being that I made the backups so close together the time stamps on them are really similar and I can't tell which one is the stock and the backup of the new rom is there a way to find out which one is the stock one without having to do a restore
thank you in advances for the help
gozes said:
hello everyone I have a question, when I made my nandroid backup of my stock rom and the one i'm using now before applying a patch and one after the patch but made the first 2 by mistake to the internal memory of the phone now I want to move them to my PC but i can't find them with root browser(or explorer ) I can see them in CWM when I go in to recovery but I'm not sure were there getting store also being that I made the backups so close together the time stamps on them are really similar and I can't tell which one is the stock and the backup of the new rom is there a way to find out which one is the stock one without having to do a restore
thank you in advances for the help
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Your nandroid backups should be located under... clockworkmod/backup/"YYYY-MM-DD.HH.MM.SS"
Your backup(s) should be in a folder with the format above as in date and time.
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Newer one is on the bottom and older over on top.
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Merio90 said:
Your nandroid backups should be located under... clockworkmod/backup/"YYYY-MM-DD.HH.MM.SS"
Your backup(s) should be in a folder with the format above as in date and time.
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thank you for your quike replay, I only see 2 of them and when i go in to CWM if go to restro from internal memory it show 2 but if I go to the sd card it show 1 all with difrent time stamps did I do sometiing wrong?
gozes said:
thank you for your quike replay, I only see 2 of them and when i go in to CWM if go to restro from internal memory it show 2 but if I go to the sd card it show 1 all with difrent time stamps did I do sometiing wrong?
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If there are multipe folders under "backups" with different time and dates then those will be all the nandroid backups you have made so far with the most recent one being the one with the newest date and time while the old backups are the ones with the older dates. What do you plan on doing? are you trying to restore to stock 2.1?
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Merio90 said:
If there are multipe folders under "backups" with different time and dates then those will be all the nandroid backups you have made so far with the most recent one being the one with the newest date and time while the old backups are the ones with the older dates. What do you plan on doing? are you trying to restore to stock 2.1?
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I just want to have them in hand because I'm going to work on my gf phone(also a t959) in case anything goes wrong(I'm not expecting any issue but one never knows) I can send here back to 2.1 while I look for solution
gozes said:
I just want to have them in hand because I'm going to work on my gf phone(also a t959) in case anything goes wrong(I'm not expecting any issue but one never knows) I can send here back to 2.1 while I look for solution
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Not exactly sure if your phones nandroids will work with your gf's phone. I recommend you create a seperate nandroid on her device just to be safe. Thats if that phone is rooted otherwise disregard what i have said.
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Merio90 said:
Not exactly sure if your phones nandroids will work with your gf's phone. I recommend you create a seperate nandroid on her device just to be safe. Thats if that phone is rooted otherwise disregard what i have said.
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I will do that but what difference does it make that fact that is root it or not?
gozes said:
I will do that but what difference does it make that fact that is root it or not?
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Well if her phone is not rooted there is no way to create or restore the nandroid backup since you do not have CWM installed. Unless you know of some other way to create and restore the backups.
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Merio90 said:
Well if her phone is not rooted there is no way to create or restore the nandroid backup since you do not have CWM installed. Unless you know of some other way to create and restore the backups.
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well on mine(that was not root it) I just use CWM zip that was rename to update.zip boot in to recovery reinstall packeges and that will take me in to CWM but it will no be install on the phone but you can still backup and flash from it with out the need for root there a video about it if you whant to see it
gozes said:
well on mine(that was not root it) I just use CWM zip that was rename to update.zip boot in to recovery reinstall packeges and that will take me in to CWM but it will no be install on the phone but you can still backup and flash from it with out the need for root there a video about it if you whant to see it
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Oh i see now. I Forgot about that. Excellent point but technically you are rooted. That update.zip you flashed in stock recovery (reinstall packages) edited some of the system files on your phone in the process and gave you superuser rights or "root" access. So you are rooted just so you know.
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Oh i see now. I Forgot about that. Excellent point but technically you are rooted. That update.zip you flashed in stock recovery (reinstall packages) edited some of the system files on your phone in the process and gave you superuser rights or "root" access. So you are rooted just so you know.
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that good to know but the funny part is that it maybe root it but does not show on the phone no ninja or paired android. Btw will superoneclick(i know other ways to get root but that is by far the fastest and I just one to get that part done quick so I can move to backup and flash ) work on 2.2... I told her not to upgrade but she did not lisen to me :-(
I have a Wind Amaze with Ruby installed. S-Off, unlocked, the whole shabang. I have been trouble free for months with this install...
Until yesterday when I installed BusyBox to adjust some Facebook permissions using the Permissions App. All I wanted was the Permissions App, but I needed BB to install it, so I did it without knowing really what it was. What is it exactly?
Now my phone will boot but after I unlock the screen, it will just freeze and reboot like 10 mins later. Sometimes I can get further but within a minute or so, it freezes once again.
Yesterday, I also installed a new 32GB SD card but I don't think that's the problem, as I've tried my old card. I'm considering just reflashing the device with a new ROM but I don't want to have to go through the trouble of reconfiguring everything.
If anyone has a fix or suggestion, it would be greatly appreciated.
never mind sorry ...
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Spastic909 said:
never mind sorry ...
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You never made a backup huh?
Dark Nightmare said:
You never made a backup huh?
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I have Titanium Backup installed on the phone and I'm fairly sure it was backing up regularly. But how would I use that when I can't even boot the phone? I tried booting into custom recovery and recovering but no files were present.
Signed, Noob
kspence said:
I have Titanium Backup installed on the phone and I'm fairly sure it was backing up regularly. But how would I use that when I can't even boot the phone? I tried booting into custom recovery and recovering but no files were present.
Signed, Noob
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Lol accidentally given a thanks but eh, doesn't matter.
You'll need to reinstall, since you have no backup to work with and we don't have a flashable zip of the WIND system files for ya, sorry.
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Lol accidentally given a thanks but eh, doesn't matter.
You'll need to reinstall, since you have no backup to work with and we don't have a flashable zip of the WIND system files for ya, sorry.
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Thanks for the thanks. Have one yourself
How is it that I can't use a Titanium backup?
kspence said:
Thanks for the thanks. Have one yourself
How is it that I can't use a Titanium backup?
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Titanium backup makes backups of apps/app data, a system backup via recovery makes a backup of the entire system including all files/apps, etc in the the system partition, that's why you should always make a backup in recovery and keep it on your sd card just in case this happens, busybox and the likes change system files/permissions etc, just in case it doesn't work well, you can use a system backup to restore the system files it modified.
Two totally backups, get the idea?
Ah ha, makes sense. I wish I had known this earlier but I suppose this is how you learn.
Could it be possible to grab the titanium backup files if I attach my phone to my computer in disk mode then transfer them when I install the new ROM?
kspence said:
Ah ha, makes sense. I wish I had known this earlier but I suppose this is how you learn.
Could it be possible to grab the titanium backup files if I attach my phone to my computer in disk mode then transfer them when I install the new ROM?
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Should be possible, if you can't get it done in the android interface, reboot into 4EXT recovery and choose the mount USB storage option, should make your memory card pop up like it would on the phone for you to copy your files to your pc.
Given that the same date is used when making Nandroid Backups, how does a person know which is the latest?
I do see different times, but have no idea how to tell for sure which is the latest. Looking at properties via a file explorer doesn't help either.
For me, I rename it it right after so that I know which is the newest. I think this might be your best bet. On mine as well, the dates do change as I do nandroids. They are all from 1970 (lol) but it will start off as 1970/01/01 and then 1970/01/15 and so on.
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For me, I rename it it right after so that I know which is the newest. I think this might be your best bet. On mine as well, the dates do change as I do nandroids. They are all from 1970 (lol) but it will start off as 1970/01/01 and then 1970/01/15 and so on.
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Thanks, Yeah, that is what I decided, but wondered if there was a way to determine. Which means the 3 I had now really need to be deleted. In fact I have already run another and renamed it.
Interesting note: if you look at the properties of the file, instead of 1970, it shows as being created in 1979, but the name shows 1970.
I have had my Rogers S3 for 1 week not and have had the same problem. Already switched out my sim card and now the same thing. I reboot and it works fine. Any one?
ewingr said:
Thanks, Yeah, that is what I decided, but wondered if there was a way to determine. Which means the 3 I had now really need to be deleted. In fact I have already run another and renamed it.
Interesting note: if you look at the properties of the file, instead of 1970, it shows as being created in 1979, but the name shows 1970.
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I have had my Rogers S3 for 1 week not and have had the same problem. Already switched out my sim card and now the same thing. I reboot and it works fine. Any one?
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Not sure we are talking about same thing. You talking about Nandroid Files haveing a 1970 date? If so, that is a known bug in the CWMs' creation of the Nandroid files...however from what I hear the files work fine. You just need to be able to keep track of which one is which should you need to restore and have more than 1.
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Given that the same date is used when making Nandroid Backups, how does a person know which is the latest?
I do see different times, but have no idea how to tell for sure which is the latest. Looking at properties via a file explorer doesn't help either.
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This is not a problem with the "official" version of CWM from clockworkmod.com using ROM Manager...
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BakaNeko59 said:
This is not a problem with the "official" version of CWM from clockworkmod.com using ROM Manager...
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Thanks for that.
JFYI, I read so often that we shouldn't use Rom Manager. Seen a number of posts about it causing problems. Maybe it depends on which CWM use have installed, I don't know. But given the issues I've read about that, and not just on this phone, but my previouis Captivate, I have decided to avoid RM, even though I do own it and used it successfully in the past.
For me the problem is that the phone date is at 1970 while in recovery mode. I tried changing the date from automatic network to manual but that didn't help. I guess I'll be renaming my nandroid backups for a while.
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Thanks for that.
JFYI, I read so often that we shouldn't use Rom Manager. Seen a number of posts about it causing problems. Maybe it depends on which CWM use have installed, I don't know. But given the issues I've read about that, and not just on this phone, but my previouis Captivate, I have decided to avoid RM, even though I do own it and used it successfully in the past.
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CWM and rom manager are now working fine, date stamp and all.... In sprint anyhow....
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Naddict said:
CWM and rom manager are now working fine, date stamp and all.... In sprint anyhow....
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I can second that for Sprint. I use ROM Manager for my backups, and that lets you edit the name of them prior to starting the backup. I always make sure to append the ROM name after the timestamp of the backup name.
I wonder what version of CWM works for AT&T, and that we know does not blow away IMEI (of course we aren't sure CWM has anything to do with that)
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Given that the same date is used when making Nandroid Backups, how does a person know which is the latest?
I do see different times, but have no idea how to tell for sure which is the latest. Looking at properties via a file explorer doesn't help either.
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Because since we know the issue with the date on nandroids, us smart one's go in an rename the nandroid right away so we know. For example, 7.22.12StockRD, would be what I would name my nandroid if I made one today....the date for obvious reasons, Stock indicates it's the stock rom, RD indicates rooted and deodexed.
Gadgetz said:
Because since we know the issue with the date on nandroids, us smart one's go in an rename the nandroid right away so we know. For example, 7.22.12StockRD, would be what I would name my nandroid if I made one today....the date for obvious reasons, Stock indicates it's the stock rom, RD indicates rooted and deodexed.
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Yeah, the smart ones who knew about it before hand. I'm so proud of you. :good:
hey guys i am new to this forum
i recently rooted my android device with clockwork mod 5.0.2.8 installed
i flashed a new rom and before flashing i made a backup of the existing rom
the rom was ok and so i renamed the backup as 'stock'
i decided to go back to the original rom and thought of restoring it but it says "md5 sums not found"
so anybody have any kind of help
i am using samsung galaxxy ace plus gt-s7500
you need to rename it to what the backup was called when you created the nandroid
Just make sure that your backup is in root directory of your sd card..
Just like this
Sdcard>clockworkmod>backup>2012-09-06.11.31.38>files
If it is not like that make like that
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I do not know the file name
shivam1688 said:
Just make sure that your backup is in root directory of your sd card..
Just like this
Sdcard>clockworkmod>backup>2012-09-06.11.31.38>files
If it is not like that make like that
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Thanks for your reply my man but i do not know the exact name of the file
i hav already placed it in the root of the sd card and i havent messed with any of the files inside the folder
i am asking if u know anyway i could get the backup back:good:
I do not know the name of the original backup
matt4321 said:
you need to rename it to what the backup was called when you created the nandroid
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Thanks for the quick reply but i donot know the name of the original backup so is there any other way i could get back
i should mention though that i havent really touched any of the internal files :good:
part 1994 said:
Thanks for the quick reply but i donot know the name of the original backup so is there any other way i could get back
i should mention though that i havent really touched any of the internal files :good:
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I've done this before on my motorola xoom, had to just delete the backup, kinda sucks. Since though I do recall some recoveries there is an option to not check md5 sums on restoration of the backup so that is what you want to try do. I have a feeling CWM doesn't have this feature but you can check. TWRP I think does so check if there is that recovery for your device. But then there may be compatibility issues since you made the backup with CWM. Worth a try though. Good luck
Thanks for the help
matt4321 said:
I've done this before on my motorola xoom, had to just delete the backup, kinda sucks. Since though I do recall some recoveries there is an option to not check md5 sums on restoration of the backup so that is what you want to try do. I have a feeling CWM doesn't have this feature but you can check. TWRP I think does so check if there is that recovery for your device. But then there may be compatibility issues since you made the backup with CWM. Worth a try though. Good luck
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thanks for the reply man
as far as i know there is no twrp recovery for my device
thanks for the reply anyway :good:
part 1994 said:
thanks for the reply man
as far as i know there is no twrp recovery for my device
thanks for the reply anyway :good:
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Yeah, same with when this happened to me.
You could, if feeling brave, theoretically this should work but I've never tried it. But the backups in your /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder are .img files you could extract them to your computer and use fastboot to flash them onto your device
will definitely try
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Yeah, same with when this happened to me.
You could, if feeling brave, theoretically this should work but I've never tried it. But the backups in your /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder are .img files you could extract them to your computer and use fastboot to flash them onto your device
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ok i will definitely try it cause i do not like this new buggy rom :good:
part 1994 said:
ok i will definitely try it cause i do not like this new buggy rom :good:
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Best of luck
hi guys,i have a simple question,afte searching of xda,i couldn't get a proper answer so i wish to start a topic.
i have blobs folder in CWM folder,it took about 1 Gig of space.if i delete this folder,does it make or damage the CWM?or the backups will be corrupt?kindly answer.thanks.
I believe they are part of a new CWM incremental backup method and should not be deleted. I did my first backup under that method today and you will notice if you look that the old locations of the backup is less then 20 mb.
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I believe they are part of a new CWM incremental backup method and should not be deleted. I did my first backup under that method today and you will notice if you look that the old locations of the backup is less then 20 mb.
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but i have deleted the backup.i dont need any backup.so keeping them is still must?
If the backup is gone then I doubt you need them.
shadowofdarkness said:
If the backup is gone then I doubt you need them.
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is there any son of a human who can reply this threat?
adilliano said:
is there any son of a human who can reply this threat?
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All that a 'Son/son's of a human' can do is ask why u messed up with that blob folder in the first place.
if u really see that its aint needed for u any more, then its quite obvious that u arnt into restoring the old backup
In recovery there is an option to free unused backup data, which will detect back up data that isn't needed for old backups anymore. Personally though, I just changed the default backup type back to tar.
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