Just wondering where a nandroid backup should be stored and if it matters where it is stored? I tried saving my stock rooted backup to my ext sd card awhile back, and now when I try to restore from backup in twrp there is no information found. I then tried to factory restore from twrp and reset my phone as is. It constantly bootloops until i pull the battery out.
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What do you mean no information is found? I believe Twrp checks the internal sd by default and wont show your backup in your external sd until you change to look for it in your micro sd card. When you boot into recovery and and then hit restore at the top does the storage bar say Internal storage? If so tap it and change it to micro sd card then your backups should be displayed.
obviousfrog said:
Just wondering where a nandroid backup should be stored and if it matters where it is stored? I tried saving my stock rooted backup to my ext sd card awhile back, and now when I try to restore from backup in twrp there is no information found. I then tried to factory restore from twrp and reset my phone as is. It constantly bootloops until i pull the battery out.
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You need to make sure that your Recovery is compatible (i.e., can read) the format of your external card. You might have a 64gb external card formatted in exFAT which TWRP can't read (I don't use TWRP so I don't know if that's the case).
If the issue is compatibility between your card format and your recovery, I would recommend copying the backup off your card onto a PC, reformatting your sd card to FAT32, move the backup back to the card, and try again.
PS - in re: your ? on where to save backup: Internal storage is always 'safest' from a recovery perspective (i.e., your device will always find it); but these days, nandroid backups could be 5GB or more, consuming a huge chunk of space, especially if you only have 16gb to start with. So I think most people end up using their external card.
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Howdy,
I searched but couldn't find the answer. I have a 32 gb sd card which I inserted, formatted and mounted into my phone. I can copy and paste files from the phone storage and files to it, and vice versa, but when I backup and restore using clockwork mod, it never gives me a choice to backup to external sd card, or to restore from external sd card.
I've tried everything, but can't get clockwork mod to recognize the external sd card. Any suggestions?
Also, if I try to install a zip file from SD card, Clockwork mod does see the card and the files on it, but it just won't list it as a choice to restore from or to backup to.
AFter a bit thinking about it, I guess my question is whether I can backup and restore directly to and from external sd card, or whether I backup and restore to internal card, and then just copy the file to and from my sd card using file manager or explorer?
backup and restore should by default go to external sd. Which version of cwm do you have?
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backup and restore should by default go to external sd. Which version of cwm do you have?
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Yep, thats how it is on mine too
I've got 5.5.0.4..
Hi.
I've had several tries formatting and installing ARHD30.1 restoring my previous using NAND backup, until I finally managed to install ARHD30.1 correctly.
But since then, I have a notification, every several hours, of 'Damaged SD card'.
Does it refer the internal SD card or my external SD card? through the files manager I can access both my internal and external SD cards.
How do you suggest to check if it is a ROM issue or a real card issue?
Should I try installing ARHD22.4 or restore my NAND backup again, to see if the issue continues, or is there any other, simple way to check it?
Thanks in advance.
AW: [Q] Damaged SD card
This refers to your external card. You might install a stock firmware to see if the error still prevails.
Just for information purposes: Did you try to perform a full wipe? Remember to backup your whole data and apps before..
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I did a full wipe, with full format of system/cache/data/sdcard/preload (I removed my external SD card before all that)
any ideas, again, before doing all that again?
Have you got your external sd backed up? I'd so then reformat it in the phone
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Have you got your external sd backed up? I'd so then reformat it in the phone
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I will do so. thanks.
Does anyone else have an issue with backups taking a very long time, both through TWRP and CWM?
I use CWM and experience a long wait only when backing up to the external sd card, backing up to the internal memory is faster, however I can't locate the backups when i save them to the internal sd.
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I use CWM and experience a long wait only when backing up to the external sd card, backing up to the internal memory is faster, however I can't locate the backups when i save them to the internal sd.
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When you backup to interal theyre in mnt/shell/emulated I believe.
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Hello again everyone, I have a 4gig sd card that I use with my s2 i9100, but for some reason Philz touch CWM recovery doesn't detect it. Now this happened before and I just formatted it via the storage settings on the phone, I then successfully did a nandroid backup to it. A few days later I planned on installing cm, so in preparation for that i decided to test out that backup just in case. But now the Sd card doesn't show up when I press restore and I cant mount it
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Things Iv tried:
formatting it via storage settings (what worked last time)
formatting it using windows
doing the above again but this time dragging the copy of the sd card I made prior to the first attempt at formatting onto it
Edit: now the backup on my internal sd has gone missing, really confused about this one)
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am not comfortable flashing without having a backup on the external sd
Hi,
Today I flashed the stock rom on my Moto e2 3g for some work. After the work was done, I restored the full nandroid backup I had taken before flashing the ROM. Now, my SD card, which was formatted as internal is no more getting detected. When I insert it, the phone gives me an error stating unsupported SD card. When I tap on it, it asks me to format it. I cannot access the files through my phone. Can anybody tell me how I can get my data back or access the files? I'm currently on AOSPExtended 4.3. the backup taken was also of this rom.
Thank you in advance!
Edit 1: I had taken the backup of the key. I put the key in /data/misc/vold. Now my SD card gets detected as internal, but still I'm not able to access any data.
Edit 2: I can access the SD card in twrp by going to /external_sd/media/0. But I cannot access it in AOSPExtended.
I'm not sure of the model number, so please confirm if the stock you installed was MM. If you've partitioned your card separately for Adoptable storage then chances are that it will not be visible as a card, although check in Storage if the phone is able to see the card. If you can access your data through TWRP, best bet is to take a backup format your card as FAT and start fresh.
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I'm not sure of the model number, so please confirm if the stock you installed was MM. If you've partitioned your card separately for Adoptable storage then chances are that it will not be visible as a card, although check in Storage if the phone is able to see the card. If you can access your data through TWRP, best bet is to take a backup format your card as FAT and start fresh.
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Yes, it was accessible through twrp. I did take the backup and formatted it. I did it the very same day.
Anyways thank you for replying.