Hi all,
I have succesfully rooted my phone using the toolkit by mskips
After that, i noticed that my internal memory is occupied by CWM (under miscelleanus) with size 3.6GB. Since this is too big, i want to ask:
- is this normal? This tool and custom roms size are only around 1GB
- can i safely delete the folder/file? How?
- if cant delete, can i move it to external sd card using such as data bind?
I remember that went to recovery mode n backup my app. Could this be the issue? I also chose backup to external memory though
I also backed my data using titanium backup, and it stores more than 1.5gb backup data. Can i move this to external sd card?
Edit: i checked clockworkmod folder using ES explorer and found there is a folder named "blops" which contained files with total size 3.6GB. Can i delete or move this folder?
Related
Good morning,
I think that somehow this thread could be related to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1304192
but I have a different main question.
Where Android store files? Or, to be clearer, what kind of files are saved on the:
- internal flash (is it a flash? am I right?)
- internal sd
- external sd
The clockworkmod backup what really back up? only the internal flash?
If I'd want to change the rom I use on my lg 2x, from djdroid based on froyo to cyanogenmod based on gingerbread, what if I:
- choose all the 3 swipes from recovery
- format the internal sd card (is it really needed?)
And, most important, if I'd like to completely restore the previous situation (that is, not only the rom, but the settings and data..), is it right the procedure:
- choose all the 3 swipes from recovery
- format the internal sd card
- restore a previous backup with recovery
- restore the content of the internal sd card using a previous backup on my pc (is it really needed?)
Thank you very much, any help or clarification would be really appreciated.
MJ
E.g. Galaxy S 2
-internal storage (store system file)
-internal sd (store music)
-external sd (extend to stores music files)
I am using a phone without external SD. What I know is internal storage is storing system file, e.g. apps, data, system, that similar to windows system32 folder.
When you are using clockworkmod backup, normally those backup are stored in sd (external if available). For my situation, it is being stored in internal.
Clockworkmod backup EVERYTHING in your internal storage (not sd), form data, game, cache, or anything in system.
If you are going to restore, it will ONLY restore internal storage and not internal SD.
If you wanted to confirm where those backup clockworkmod files are store in, just go into any file explorer and check ClockWorkMod/backup/(folder with date).
Hello All,
Just got a white one without any external SD-Card (the micro SD) installed. I was able to root it using the CF-ROOT V5.0 guide which is an excellent resource for noobs like me.
Using the CWM (which shows in the applications menu after the root) I was able to take phone complete backup.
Now the confusion begins that even though there was no external SD card installed the backup took place and then it was saved in
Code:
/sdcard/Clockworkmod/backup/folder_name_date_time
Infact /sdcard is the home directory to start with, which is shown when I browse files using the built-in file manager called "My Files".
So when is there is no SD-Card installed, why is the internal home directory called SD-Card , where the nandroid backups are saved automatically ? (i guess the internal storage is also called SD-Card, is it so ? bad naming idea then)
Now I did install a 2GB external SD-card and formatted it using the storage options within the settings menu.
So apparently this (actual) SD-card is mounted in the directory called
Code:
/sdcard/external_sd
Then again I tried taking a nandriod backup hoping that it would automatically detect this available external sd card and would save the backups, which did not happen and the nandroid again took backup to the internal SD storage.
So how to direct nandroid to take and place backups on the external SD card.?
Secondly I have also read about the Sd-Ext partition, can someone please explain what is this partition , how is it made, and what is the benefit of using this partition. Can i make it a default location for installing application and what other uses can I have of an SD-Ext partition.?
Do i need App2SD and Link2SD in order to use SD-ext partition for any purposes.?
If I take a backup again using nadriod would it place it on the SD-Ext partition or the left over space in the regular SD card partition. ?
Thanks a lot for reading and clearing up my confusion mentioned above.
Internal card is named SD card in CWM .
Me i just copy the clockwork backup folder to PC and External SD card .
jje
JJEgan said:
Internal card is named SD card in CWM .
Me i just copy the clockwork backup folder to PC and External SD card .
jje
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well,
Thanks however I am hoping some more details to satisfy the specific queries I had, waiting for the gurus to shed some light.
Thanks again.
Question: I want to just erase all of the useless folders and files installed by apks, with the exception of my apk+data backups in titanium, & install a fresh ROM. I've deleted the obvious folders/files installed by apks, but there are some I'm iffy on, and i don't want to risk deleting anything important. Would wiping my internal storage in TWRP before flashing a ROM delete my titanium backups? Thanks!
Wiping internal storage in recovery would delete EVERYTHING that is stored on the internal memory (16GB) of your phone.
If your titanium backup folder is located on your internal storage, then yes wiping internal memory will delete that folder.
HTH
a senile fungus said:
Wiping internal storage in recovery would delete EVERYTHING that is stored on the internal memory (16GB) of your phone.
If your titanium backup folder is located on your internal storage, then yes wiping internal memory will delete that folder.
HTH
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So is this something you only do before flashing RUU from bootloader, as your custom recovery is then deleted? Curious now
Why aren't you saving your titanium backups to the external sd card? Then you could safely wipe your internal sdcard using twrp and then reinstall what ever rom your running and start with a fresh phone with out all those left over files from old installs.
Q regarding Jelly Bean, non rooted phone.
Is there an app that can periodically backup (copy/paste) your entire internal storage to your external sd card?
I've been looking for an hour and I can't find any. There are backup apps, but I didn't find any that could do just that one simple task for me.
I mean, I can do it manually by copying files with any file explorer but that is not the point.
Sorry for such an elementary question. How can i tell what is taking up all of my internal memory. When i use es file explorer and analyze the internal storage. Twrp is the biggest file @ 5 gigs next is android @ 1 gig. Ive got no storage space left and i dont know what to delete.
1moneymark said:
Sorry for such an elementary question. How can i tell what is taking up all of my internal memory. When i use es file explorer and analyze the internal storage. Twrp is the biggest file @ 5 gigs next is android @ 1 gig. Ive got no storage space left and i dont know what to delete.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is your internal storage, yes? That twrp is your recovery made backups. You could move it to external storage, or make a new one in ext storage and delete it.
First things first: TWRP and Android aren't files, they're folders, each of which contains multiple files and folders within it.
Nandroid backups are very large. I generally keep only the latest two on my phone (on an external SD card), and copy all the older ones to a PC.
Android has a subfolder called data, which contains all the data stored by [some of] your apps. Depending on the app and what it does, that could be a lot of data.