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
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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.
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Where you do gals and guys restore your apps. to on this phone? First, by default Titanium Backup was looking at Internal SD Card for storage on this Amaze, so I corrected that in the preferences. Now when I went to restore the apps., it also restored to the internal SD card. Is that correct? How does it normally do it? Does it normally restore to the flash of the phone? I read that when you wipe via Clockwork, for example, before installing a new ROM, it does not wipe the internal SD? Surely I still have to still restore the apps right? Would we just restore the apps, and not their data?
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?
Hi
I want to format the internal SD card, (phone memory), as I feel my phone is getting a little slow while copying files from PC to phone.
What precautions should I take? I hav made a nandroid backup, and Titanium app + system backup. Should I manually make a copy of the folders on the internal SD card on my PC, and restore them to internal SD after format?
yes copy to computer
then reboot into recovery, choose wipe data / factory reset
Hello Seniors,
I have some questions (basic newbie) if someone can clarify
1. Moving apps to SD card on rooted phones means - apps will be moved to Internal SD (USB Storage) or External SD card? Howto find the path?
2. If I move apps to SD card, will those be purged while I make wipe data+wipe cache+dalvik+Format System procedure to flash a new ROM? Or it'll remain in SD and catch up back when the new ROM is in?? Big confusion
3. What does a Nandroid backup normally take? Would it keep ROM+ Apps in System Partition or just the ROM?
Apologies if questions sound weir, but hope some can throw sense on it
insaf_mohd said:
Hello Seniors,
I have some questions (basic newbie) if someone can clarify
1. Moving apps to SD card on rooted phones means - apps will be moved to Internal SD (USB Storage) or External SD card? Howto find the path?
2. If I move apps to SD card, will those be purged while I make wipe data+wipe cache+dalvik+Format System procedure to flash a new ROM? Or it'll remain in SD and catch up back when the new ROM is in?? Big confusion
3. What does a Nandroid backup normally take? Would it keep ROM+ Apps in System Partition or just the ROM?
Apologies if questions sound weir, but hope some can throw sense on it
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1 - for phones having intetnal sd- apps will be moved to internal sd..
for phones without internal sd - apps will be moved to external sd..
2 - if you do flash a new rom, all apps irrespective of whether they are on internal storage or internal sd will get deleted.. you need titanium backup to backup and restore apps+ data..
3 - nandroid backup means backing up your rom+ apps.. the backup is stored in sd card.. if you restore the backup, all your current apps would disappear and everything present in the nandroid backup will reappear
Syed.Zeshan said:
1 - for phones having intetnal sd- apps will be moved to internal sd..
for phones without internal sd - apps will be moved to external sd..
2 - if you do flash a new rom, all apps irrespective of whether they are on internal storage or internal sd will get deleted.. you need titanium backup to backup and restore apps+ data..
3 - nandroid backup means backing up your rom+ apps.. the backup is stored in sd card.. if you restore the backup, all your current apps would disappear and everything present in the nandroid backup will reappear
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Thanks for the answers Syed, clear to the hilt
I was looking up the release notes for the new version of TWRP, version 3.1.0.0, and noticed that one of the changes listed was:
better indicate to users that internal storage is not backed up (Dees_Troy)
I am confused, I thought if you checked every partition when backing up, it basically backs up your entire NAND? If not, then what is the data partition for if that's not my internal memory? Since my backup was around 22-23 or so gigs uncompressed, and my phone is a total of 32 gigs with about 8 free, I assumed it was just backing up everything.
If not, then what is on this partition that TWRP won't be backing up? My application's settings/data and any personal files are what I care about, and I assume those are in the internal storage? Or are they in the data partition?
Do I have to use something else to backup my internal storage then? Is there any reason TWRP won't (or just can't) backup internal storage?
Cyber Akuma said:
I was looking up the release notes for the new version of TWRP, version 3.1.0.0, and noticed that one of the changes listed was:
better indicate to users that internal storage is not backed up (Dees_Troy)
I am confused, I thought if you checked every partition when backing up, it basically backs up your entire NAND? If not, then what is the data partition for if that's not my internal memory? Since my backup was around 22-23 or so gigs uncompressed, and my phone is a total of 32 gigs with about 8 free, I assumed it was just backing up everything.
If not, then what is on this partition that TWRP won't be backing up? My application's settings/data and any personal files are what I care about, and I assume those are in the internal storage? Or are they in the data partition?
Do I have to use something else to backup my internal storage then? Is there any reason TWRP won't (or just can't) backup internal storage?
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Hi
Internal storage won't be backed up, TWRP can backup (system, data, cache, boot, preload, efs) partitions to the Internal storage or the external storage, so the internal storage is the PATH of the backup, not a part of the backup, to backup the internal storage, you simply copy the files from the phone to your PC or your Laptop through MTP
Apps and OS and apps' data(except for files in /android) is available in System and data partition
Photos, videos, music other personal files you download or copy from pc to your phone is in the internal storage.
Regards Migo
I'm still a little confused about a few things.
1. If it doesn't back up my internal storage, then why are backups nearly the entire size of my used up memory anyway?
2. Kinda unclear what is on internal storage then if my app data isn't on there, especially since I use a SDcard for my camera.
3. Is there any technical, legal, or other reason why TWRP can't backup internal storage if you are backing up to external storage? I can understand if you are backing up to internal, but not to external.
4. So then if my internal storage just the fake "sdcard" folder that just links back to my internal storage? (Damn do I hate that thing, I have several apps that downloaded hundreds of megs to several GIGS of data that they assumed was external storage, but it was really the emulated internal). If so, what would be a good way to created synced backups? Just simply copying the "sdcard" folder doesn't really help keep files in sync (especially ones deleted since the last backup) nor compresses them.