So i have made a nandroid backup of my phone on my external sd
It's about 3 gb
Then there 's a clockworldmod folder of 1gb in my internal storage...but i have no backups on my internal storage so is this folder safe to remove?
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gs2rom said:
So i have made a nandroid backup of my phone on my external sd
It's about 3 gb
Then there 's a clockworldmod folder of 1gb in my internal storage...but i have no backups on my sd card so is this folder safe to remove?
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Check the contents of
Clockworkmod/backup in your external Sd to be sure.
If you are sure it's something you won't need, then delete the contents of the backup folder.
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There's only this blobs folder of 800mb..the backup folder is empty
So these blobs are safe to remove?
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gs2rom said:
There's only this blobs folder of 800mb..the backup folder is empty
So these blobs are safe to remove?
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the blob folder is related to backups made in CWM 6.x.x, don't delete the contents of the folder, except you are going to delete all the backups you have made since upgrading to CWM 6.x.x.
If you delete the contents of the blob folder, all the backups you made in CWM 6.x.x will be rendered unusable/useless.
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Thank you for your reply
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One more question..so i scanned my sd card and avast located a virus in the blobs...what to do?
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gs2rom said:
One more question..so i scanned my sd card and avast located a virus in the blobs...what to do?
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AVAST is a just reporting false positive, ignore it
Are you talking about AVAST on Pc or phone?
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On the phone
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On the phone
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Oh my Gosh! On your phone? Any antivirus on Android that claims it does more than, Security lock, firewall, or scan for Ads is just nonesense.
Virus on android is simply overblown by antivirus companies so that they can eat your money by deceiving you.
They will only show your phone down, plus drain more battery too.
Seriously, just ignore that AVAST thing and move on.
I have never used any antivirus on my Android phones, and I won't.
If I don't like the way an app behaves, I simply uninstall it.
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Good thing it's free..i'll uninstall it
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I (temporarily) installed CWM 5.8.1.5, is there a user guide/instruction as to how to use it's different functions? For example, I'm doing a backup right now but I noticed there are other options, advanced options... is there any "official" documentation somewhere please?
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I (temporarily) installed CWM 5.8.1.5, is there a user guide/instruction as to how to use it's different functions? For example, I'm doing a backup right now but I noticed there are other options, advanced options... is there any "official" documentation somewhere please?
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before you attempt the backup process, can you please post your present ROM details?
Reboot your phone, Goto Settings - About, and post everything you see.
Edit: please visit here first: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
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before you attempt the backup process, can you please post your present ROM details?
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I'm on 4.0.3, see screenshot.. So from ur link it looks like I'm safe.
So, just to make sure I got this right... Now that I have my nandroid backup, I can change my ROM, change my kernel, do whatever I want, and if I don't like it I can always go back to my current backup point? And it will restore my stock kernel/rom/apps exactly?
Thanks again, the help here is really appreciated
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fgoyti said:
I'm on 4.0.3, see screenshot.. So from ur link it looks like I'm safe.
So, just to make sure I got this right... Now that I have my nandroid backup, I can change my ROM, change my kernel, do whatever I want, and if I don't like it I can always go back to my current backup point? And it will restore my stock kernel/rom/apps exactly?
Thanks again, the help here is really appreciated
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Technically, Yes But I'll advise you to flash a custom kernel first. Then make another ROM backup( just to be sure) before changing your ROM.
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How do you delete a single nandroid backup? I notice the meat and potatoes of the backups are in the blobs folder. You can't really touch that unless you want to wipe out all your backups.
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How do you delete a single nandroid backup? I notice the meat and potatoes of the backups are in the blobs folder. You can't really touch that unless you want to wipe out all your backups.
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You can delete it from the recovery menu.
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Oh my Gosh! On your phone? Any antivirus on Android that claims it does more than, Security lock, firewall, or scan for Ads is just nonesense.
Virus on android is simply overblown by antivirus companies so that they can eat your money by deceiving you.
They will only show your phone down, plus drain more battery too.
Seriously, just ignore that AVAST thing and move on.
I have never used any antivirus on my Android phones, and I won't.
If I don't like the way an app behaves, I simply uninstall it.
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Dont listen to this idiot.
There has been MANY, MANY, MANY instances of malware for Android platform on and off market which can cause your phone to send texts to premium numbers, steal contacts for spam purposes, use phones as botnets etc etc etc.
Just install something like Lookout etc and leave running in background and it will check apps as they are installed, Obviously nothing is full proof but its safer then not having it and its free and doesnt use many resources/battery at all.
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Just a quick question, in my sdcard root, i have two files that I'm unsure of.
1. efsbackup.tar.gz
2. efsdev-mmcblkmp1.img.gz
anyone have an idea of what these are and if i can delete them?
Have you flashed cm7 recently? I want to say I had the same files when I did a nandroid back up on cm7. I also remember from my miui captivate days that we had to back up the efs files before flashing ..I just deleted the files when I went to another Rom
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Something (not sure what) backed up your EFS partition.
Probably good to keep these around in case something bad happens.
does it have anything to do with flashing an i9100 rom recently?
Galaxy s unlock also backs up those files
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Galaxy s unlock also backs up those files
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+1. If you unlocked your phone with the unlock app it will back those files up to your SD card
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Strange thing is I didn't do that...
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Siyah kernel did it for me.
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iXNyNe said:
Siyah kernel did it for me.
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well I am running Siyah kernel, so maybe that's it.
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That's the only possibility. I have the same files and Siyah is the only change I've made on my device.
Moar info!
If you used the galaxy s unlock it puts the files in a folder, not the top level of the sdcard.
I would say its foolish to delete the efs backup created by the unlock program.
Also while it is recommended to keep the files siyah creates (they will be recreated every time you flash a new version of siyah, they will just keep coming back) it is not required. You CAN safely delete them.
Again, there's not much point in deleting them, they will be back. And you're safer having them, and they are pretty small.
Always keep some method of fully recovering your phone handy (full stock Odin or something that will overwrite ALL the changes and flashing you have done) just in case.
Backups are good mm'kay.
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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?
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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
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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
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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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Merio90 said:
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 :-(
Alright... well I flashed aokp from Roman today. And I lost my imei. I have never had this problem before. I did a nandroid restore and nothing works. I have a back up from titanium back up and installed all my system data but still nothing...
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also I can't get anything but edge. If I'm lucky...
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Ouch, you might be out of luck man, might need to get a new phone as theres no real known "way" of restoring the backups of /efs folders or nvdata.bin etc on this phone yet , give this thread a read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1753833 its a known issue that can occur after flashing a rom on this phone... good luck.
edit, usually to save this kind of stuff you need to backup your efs folder, meaning that a nandroid backup nor a tibu backup can't help you with this; it needs to be done separately.
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Alright... well I flashed aokp from Roman today. And I lost my imei. I have never had this problem before. I did a nandroid restore and nothing works. I have a back up from titanium back up and installed all my system data but still nothing...
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If you lived here in California I would help you restore your imei
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unleashed12 said:
Ouch, you might be out of luck man, might need to get a new phone as theres no real known "way" of restoring the backups of /efs folders or nvdata.bin etc on this phone yet , give this thread a read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1753833 its a known issue that can occur after flashing a rom on this phone... good luck.
edit, usually to save this kind of stuff you need to backup your efs folder, meaning that a nandroid backup nor a tibu backup can't help you with this; it needs to be done separately.
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Out of curiosity, how do you backup those files separately?
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Out of curiosity, how do you backup those files separately?
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If your rooted use a root enabled file explorer (I use Root Explorer) and open it up to /. There should be a folder called “efs". Simply copy that folder and place it on your internal or external sd, then for safe keeping place it on your laptop/computer
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fergie716 said:
If your rooted use a root enabled file explorer (I use Root Explorer) and open it up to /. There should be a folder called “efs". Simply copy that folder and place it on your internal or external sd, then for safe keeping place it on your laptop/computer
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I've been nervous about flashing anything else since I've read about 4 cases like this. I'm so freakin happy I found this thread! I've found the efs folder your referring to, but I don't know if I should copy the efs folder to my external storage or open it & just copy the IMEI folder to my external storage? Your help would be so very much appreciated.
Maybe someone should put this in general and try to get it stickied, as it seems like a necessary preventive maintenance?
Edit: I just backed up the whole folder to be safe, and I'm going to make a general post referring to this problem.
I know this may sound like a really stoooopid question.....
I have a clockwork mod folder on my Sd card and my extSD card, do I need both or can I delete the one from my phone ?????
I have tried searching but I cant find the answer
Many thanks
Depends where you want to store your backups....external is safer for obvious reasons but always worth having at least 1 nandroid on internal and external for safety
Thanks for the quick reply.
There's only 1 backup in the clockwork folder on the phone, all the recent ones are on ext sd, just wanted to make sure I could delete the whole clockwork mod folder from the phone and not do any harm
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julesg73 said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
There's only 1 backup in the clockwork folder on the phone, all the recent ones are on ext sd, just wanted to make sure I could delete the whole clockwork mod folder from the phone and not do any harm
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shouldn't do but it may get recreated at boot, I would just leave it personally
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shouldn't do but it may get recreated at boot, I would just leave it personally
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Ok cool thanks for your help I'll leave it alone just in case :thumbup:
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Hello All,
I have a Rooted VZW GN2 running Scott's CleanROM with the Perseus kernel with TWRP as the recovery tool. I screwed up royally a few days ago and bricked my phone (dicking around with the Google Wallet mod, which failed I might add) but was able to fix it and get all my settings back the right way. Well given that it took nearly 3 days, I'd like to save a backup of everything how it is.
How do I accomplish this task? I read on xda that a lot of people use "nandroid" so I downloaded it, did the backup using the "online version" that lets you do a nandroid backup while the phone is running (not in Recovery mode) and it saved the copy to a "clockworkmod" folder. Now I know that clockwork recovery is an option besides TWRP, but since I have TWRP does it make this backup useless? Or can I do a full TWRP backup (everything selected) and will it serve the exact same purpose?
Thanks for the help everyone!!!
-Taxmaster
Taxmaster said:
Hello All,
I have a Rooted VZW GN2 running Scott's CleanROM with the Perseus kernel with TWRP as the recovery tool. I screwed up royally a few days ago and bricked my phone (dicking around with the Google Wallet mod, which failed I might add) but was able to fix it and get all my settings back the right way. Well given that it took nearly 3 days, I'd like to save a backup of everything how it is.
How do I accomplish this task? I read on xda that a lot of people use "nandroid" so I downloaded it, did the backup using the "online version" that lets you do a nandroid backup while the phone is running (not in Recovery mode) and it saved the copy to a "clockworkmod" folder. Now I know that clockwork recovery is an option besides TWRP, but since I have TWRP does it make this backup useless? Or can I do a full TWRP backup (everything selected) and will it serve the exact same purpose?
Thanks for the help everyone!!!
-Taxmaster
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OK. First i would ALWAYS backup via recovery. So go in TWRP and back it up. However you could try to restore it and if it didn't work it would say MD5 mismatch.
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weeo said:
OK. First i would ALWAYS backup via recovery. So go in TWRP and back it up. However you could try to restore it and if it didn't work it would say MD5 mismatch.
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1. Okay so are you saying that a full TWRP backup (all options selected) = nandroid backup?
2. Does this mean that restoring the back-up TWRP file would restore everything as it is now (down to the last detail) or what could I expect of a restore?
Taxmaster said:
1. Okay so are you saying that a full TWRP backup (all options selected) = nandroid backup?
2. Does this mean that restoring the back-up TWRP file would restore everything as it is now (down to the last detail) or what could I expect of a restore?
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Yes. Every last detail would he saved. All save games and even draft messaging... The whole lot. I believe it is correct as they both output the same back up. However i prefer CWM
Good luck
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Yes. Every last detail would he saved. All save games and even draft messaging... The whole lot. I believe it is correct as they both output the same back up. However i prefer CWM
Good luck
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Thank you! Well now I'm trying to save my files to my Dropbox but Dropbox doesn't let me upload the entire folder for the Backup. If I use RootExplorer and convert it to a zip, would that be okay? Will TWRP allow a zip for restoring or would I have to do an extraction first?
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Thank you! Well now I'm trying to save my files to my Dropbox but Dropbox doesn't let me upload the entire folder for the Backup. If I use RootExplorer and convert it to a zip, would that be okay? Will TWRP allow a zip for restoring or would I have to do an extraction first?
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TWRP will make its own back up and save it in a selected folder. Are you talking about uploading the backup already made from TWRP
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Also look at Orange back up. Just came in the portal. It puts Nandroids on the cloud. Talk about timing
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I'd just like to be efficient with what memory I do have at the moment. I know that TWRP saves the file in its own folder, but it's actually a large collection of files. My plan was to zip them and upload the zip file to Dropbox and delete the "on-phone" copies. Then if worst came to worst, I would just download the zip back on there via my USB cable (I could extract if it necessary) and then I'd restore it. I just want to know if that would work and whether or not TWRP would be able to use a .ZIP file or if it would need all of the files individually.
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I'd just like to be efficient with what memory I do have at the moment. I know that TWRP saves the file in its own folder, but it's actually a large collection of files. My plan was to zip them and upload the zip file to Dropbox and delete the "on-phone" copies. Then if worst came to worst, I would just download the zip back on there via my USB cable (I could extract if it necessary) and then I'd restore it. I just want to know if that would work and whether or not TWRP would be able to use a .ZIP file or if it would need all of the files individually.
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No. It would need to be in the folder format... Have you looked at Orange Back Up?
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No. It would need to be in the folder format... Have you looked at Orange Back Up?
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Link ==> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/orange-backup-sends-a-nandroid-to-the-cloud-with-one-click/
Okay, I just did some light reading on Orange Back Up but I'm unsure how it works. Does it replace TWRP / Clockwork? Does it require one or the other for reflashing it's nandroid backup? I really like TWRP's setup and would be reluctant to change from it (although I would do it if the advantages stack up).
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Link ==> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/orange-backup-sends-a-nandroid-to-the-cloud-with-one-click/
Okay, I just did some light reading on Orange Back Up but I'm unsure how it works. Does it replace TWRP / Clockwork? Does it require one or the other for reflashing it's nandroid backup? I really like TWRP's setup and would be reluctant to change from it (although I would do it if the advantages stack up).
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Hmmm. If you want it simple just zip the backup and dropbox it... Then unzip when you need it
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Hmmm. If you want it simple just zip the backup and dropbox it... Then unzip when you need it
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I'm confused, isn't that what I've been saying the last several posts? What I plan on doing is zipping up my TWRP files, DropBoxing them, and if I need them I'll just hardload them onto my SD card (extracted into the folder or as a zip file depending on what TWRP needs) and then I'd restore that way.
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I'm confused, isn't that what I've been saying the last several posts? What I plan on doing is zipping up my TWRP files, DropBoxing them, and if I need them I'll just hardload them onto my SD card (extracted into the folder or as a zip file depending on what TWRP needs) and then I'd restore that way.
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Yes. I though the Orange back up would be easier. So just do it your way. It will work
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Just make sure to not compress the zip. Not sure that TWRP will be able to restore a compressed backup (probably won't).
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I understand you're concerned about saving as much memory as you can. This is something the rest of us face as well, but quit trying to cut corners and simply do a backup the way you're supposed to and move on with your life instead of trying to invent a shortcut. The tried and true methods used within these forums have worked for years the way they're supposed to.
Either use CWM or TWRP to make your backup. I always keep one active backup and delete older ones. It's easy and almost impossible to screw up.
After I soft bricked my device, I found myself making several types of backups after reading on the forums many different ways of backing up. It appears that my efforts are superfluous and that only one backup is necessary. For this reason, I was trying to figure out the best way to store the backup files. I was zipping the file not to save space as much as I was to have only one file to export to Dropbox, as Dropbox only allows files to be imported instead of entire backup folders.
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