I'm trying to create an image of my device, but the memory of the device is way more than half full.
Since ClockWorkMod is trying to backup to the DEVICE memory, and not the SD card memory, it obviously doesn't have enough room to do so.
How can I change the location of where it does the backup?
I'm using ClockWorkMod recovery v4.0.1.5 with CF root, and I'm quite a newbie when it comes to ROM changing and everything, never done that.
Thanks
In the backup/restore settings in CWRecovery, you should have the option to backup to internal/external storage. Choose external if you don't have enough space in internal.
MistahBungle said:
In the backup/restore settings in CWRecovery, you should have the option to backup to internal/external storage. Choose external if you don't have enough space in internal.
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I do not see any "settings" in the backup/restore.
Also - I cleared about 700MB from my device memory, leaving it with 10GB used space and 2GB free, and it seems like it did a backup which its size is about 2GB leaving me with about 100 free MB. How does it make sense? doesn't it backup the data like images and videos?
Will still prefer to try and backup to SD.
Thanks
CWM will make an 'image' of the phone at the time you make the backup minus the modem & external SD card (if you have one). If you have photos/videos/whatever stored in the usual place on the internal storage these will be backed up. That backup size is normal.
Do you have an external/separate SD card, or are you talking about the two separate parts of the internal storage; you have the part that's used by the 'system'; & the 'userspace' which is normally referred to as 'sdcard' ? If you are using an external/separate SD card, there's definitely an option in the backup & restore settings to backup to external SD card (I'm looking at that menu right now).
I have a feeling the version of CWM you're using may have something to do with you not having these options; 4x is ancient, I don't even remember what options are in the menus of that; we're now using 6x.
Perhaps you might want to use a kernel that has a more recent version of CWM if that's the case & it's not allowing you do what you want ?
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CWM will make an 'image' of the phone at the time you make the backup minus the modem & external SD card (if you have one). If you have photos/videos/whatever stored in the usual place on the internal storage these will be backed up. That backup size is normal.
Do you have an external/separate SD card, or are you talking about the two separate parts of the internal storage; you have the part that's used by the 'system'; & the 'userspace' which is normally referred to as 'sdcard' ? If you are using an external/separate SD card, there's definitely an option in the backup & restore settings to backup to external SD card (I'm looking at that menu right now).
I have a feeling the version of CWM you're using may have something to do with you not having these options; 4x is ancient, I don't even remember what options are in the menus of that; we're now using 6x.
Perhaps you might want to use a kernel that has a more recent version of CWM if that's the case & it's not allowing you do what you want ?
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I did mean the external storage, yes.
I tried to update to 6x but it stayed the same version.
Anyway, if you're sure it makes sense that 10GB became 2GB after backup, then I'll trust that and will use the backup it created in the internal storage.
What I meant was, you said the backup size was ~2GB; that is indeed normal. If you attempt to update CWM independently of the kernel, you will revert to whatever version is baked into the kernel when you next reboot. If you want to update to a permanent later version of CWM, you'll need to flash a kernel that has said version of CWM.
if you're on PhilZ kernel, you can choose to compress the backup file. (low, medium or high compression)
You can also get a smaller file size, by uninstalling apps you certainly dont need. You can clear off cache files.
For cleanup i recommend Clean Master - search playstore
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Hi developers, I am having an issue with my device's storage. I have a rooted legend running blayo's B.0.8.4 rom and from what I know, this rom has free 80-90 mb of internal storage of application. But it wasn't enough even though I have an external 16GB SD card as not all apps are movable to my SD thus make it a little disappointing. So my question is that are there any solutions on how should expanding my phone's internal storage? Tks!
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Hi developers, I am having an issue with my device's storage. I have a rooted legend running blayo's B.0.8.4 rom and from what I know, this rom has free 80-90 mb of internal storage of application. But it wasn't enough even though I have an external 16GB SD card as not all apps are movable to my SD thus make it a little disappointing. So my question is that are there any solutions on how should expanding my phone's internal storage? Tks!
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You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your PC (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your phone (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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Thanks for this quick tutorial. I needed this as well. BTW I assume you meant "...to your computer"?
I'm not sure if it works on all ROMs, but you can move an app to SD forcefully by long-pressing it in Titanium Backup, similar to how CM7 allows any Market or sideloaded app to be moved to the external storage.
I've always done this because I've been incredibly lazy to move my SD back and forth, and finally partition it due to some other technological limits that exist in my household.
Hitmax117 said:
You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your phone (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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Ok so after doing this, what does it benefit, I can move any apps to my SD card?
Nidzge said:
Thanks for this quick tutorial. I needed this as well. BTW I assume you meant "...to your computer"?
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Yes, to your PC my mistake ;p
bryanqjx said:
Ok so after doing this, what does it benefit, I can move any apps to my SD card?
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Since Froyo (2.2) you can move apps to your sd-card BUT it will only work for apps that support that and it can never completly move the app to your sd card because a little bit of data stays on your internal phone memory
Now if you use the method I explained before (work only on Blayo's latest rom's, for other roms there are other tutorials) It will move ALL the aplications on your phone to the sd-card (even the system apps) so the advantage of that is that there is waayy more space on your phone internal storage and you can install a lot more apps since you are using your sd-card to store the apps
Hope that clarify's a few things for you
Ok TKS! I am gonna try it out!! So basically this is what I type in the terminal emulator right?
a2sd --enable
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Ok TKS! I am gonna try it out!! So basically this is what I type in the terminal emulator right?
a2sd --enable
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np
and yes, but first you have to backup content and use rom manager to create partition like I said in the mini tutorial
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and yes, but first you have to backup content and use rom manager to create partition like I said in the mini tutorial
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Hey tks man! I did it!!! But I have a couple of problems. When I wanted to restore my backup app via titanium backup, it says that I hv to clear some space for my device. And another thing is that I am glad that most of my apps are installed directly to my SD card but not all. Some apps are unable to. It was stored in the phone instead. But all in all, ur solution was good enough for me. I appreciate it. The problems don't really matter.Thank you very much!!
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bryanqjx said:
Hey tks man! I did it!!! But I have a couple of problems. When I wanted to restore my backup app via titanium backup, it says that I hv to clear some space for my device. And another thing is that I am glad that most of my apps are installed directly to my SD card but not all. Some apps are unable to. It was stored in the phone instead. But all in all, ur solution was good enough for me. I appreciate it. The problems don't really matter.Thank you very much!!
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Problems are there to be fixed no? If you go to settings > sd card & phone storage... What sizes does it gives for internal phone storage Total/Available?
Hitmax117 said:
Yes, to your PC my mistake ;p
Since Froyo (2.2) you can move apps to your sd-card BUT it will only work for apps that support that and it can never completly move the app to your sd card because a little bit of data stays on your internal phone memory
Now if you use the method I explained before (work only on Blayo's latest rom's, for other roms there are other tutorials) It will move ALL the aplications on your phone to the sd-card (even the system apps) so the advantage of that is that there is waayy more space on your phone internal storage and you can install a lot more apps since you are using your sd-card to store the apps
Hope that clarify's a few things for you
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So this method will not work with CyanogenMod? Is tutorial for this ROM more complex?
BTW I want to change my ROM to CyanogenMod (i currently have Gingerbread 2.3.3) , so do I first partition my micro SD card and then flash CM or vice versa?
Nidzge said:
So this method will not work with CyanogenMod? Is tutorial for this ROM more complex?
BTW I want to change my ROM to CyanogenMod (i currently have Gingerbread 2.3.3) , so do I first partition my micro SD card and then flash CM or vice versa?
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No that method will not work
For CM you will need to
- install the rom and boot the rom until its fully loaded
- download rom manager and partion your sd-card (do not forgot to backup sdcard to pc first!!)
- once you have partitioned your sd-card install this script
- then download "A2SDGUI" and make sure that apps on sd is activated
That's it
Hitmax117 said:
No that method will not work
For CM you will need to
- install the rom and boot the rom until its fully loaded
- download rom manager and partion your sd-card (do not forgot to backup sdcard to pc first!!)
- once you have partitioned your sd-card install this script
- then download "A2SDGUI" and make sure that apps on sd is activated
That's it
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Great, thanks.
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Problems are there to be fixed no? If you go to settings > sd card & phone storage... What sizes does it gives for internal phone storage Total/Available?
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It tells me 28.98 mb.
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bryanqjx said:
It tells me 28.98 mb.
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Is that total or total available? plz give me both numbers
It's the available space.
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Is that total or total available? plz give me both numbers
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Ok now I am having a couple of issues. I recently downloaded a couple of apps and I found out that they were not stored on the SD card anymore unless I move them manually. And certain apps that cannot be moved to SD, for eg. Air penguin, they will be stored on the phone instead. It's like everything is back to original.... may I know what's the problem here? Tks for ur help once again.
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Anyone able to help?
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@bryanqjx
i can suggest you redo your rom and apps and try data2ext but follow blay0's strict rule on the restart thingy in his rom thread..
1.1-(to have)
download blay0s custom CWM from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969076
(download the customized CWM)
rename this file to update.zip and place this in the root of your sd card.
1.2-
prepare the Blay0 rom and patch leave it in your pc for now
2-(titanium bk)
use titanium backup and backup all the apps that you want. (backup the green ones which also include call logs and sms and other stuff)
3-(blay0's custom CWM)
boot up to recovery and use the update.zip to load the custom cwm
-do a backup (nandroid backup)... note on the date and time you made this backup.
-than go mounts and storage and mount usb storage...
-copy everything from your phone sd card to your pc...
3.1(repartition)
if 512MB partition is not enough, you can repartition this to 1GB (i tried 2 GB not stable). head to advance menu and partition SD card to. 1024Mb first partition second 0 third 0 and thats it... 1GB ext partition and the rest is your card FAT data. else, just skip step 4 but copy the B rom and patch to your card via usb.
4 (sd card preparation and the B rom in your card)
if you partition, go back to mounts and storage and mount usb partiton and copy all the stuff you backup just now in your pc (your whole sd card) and back to your phone sdcard again... this time copy the B rom also to your card if its not there yet.
5. (wipe and reflash B rom)
now since we have all your backup done we make a clean flash of the B rom.
go do a wipe and also wipe the cache partition and flash the B rom and patch. than reboot
6. (your new B rom)
after phone boot up. re enter your google login and other stuff like date time format... do the setup wizard.
and also let your phone sync with your account. things should look like new..
7. (titanium bk and terminal emulator)
visit market and download titanium bk and terminal emulator (u can skip this if you can use adb shell).
8. (terminal emulator)
now, use your terminal emulator and enter su if its not # (root user).
than type data2ext --enable, reboot the phone.
9. (check your setting)
after the phone reboot, you can go to setting and go see if your internal memory has expanded to your sd card or not... if its still some 100 + MB you are doing it wrong. if its 1GB than you got this rite.
10. (titanium bk)
now after the space have been made for your apps. use titanium bk to restore your data. if its a game with save. use it to restore app and data. if the app does not have any real setting or the data you just dont care. you better just restore the app and ignore the data. restore your apps first, than widgets, launcher will be last if you want to restore it with data.
note: i've been using this setting for a 6 month period without problem but because Blay0 stated that it might one day data lost your phone. so i suggest you reboot to cwm and do backup your rom, mount usb from cwm and update your backup folder in your pc with the cloworkmod folder, your DCIM folder, download, bluetooth... you get the point on what to backup.
nnote on CWM backup.... in the CWM folder in your sdcard... remember this, all CWM backup are name over a time stamp. so delete the ones you dont want.
nnnote try avoid OC to an unstable clock speed... a 1 time or 2 times reboot in a few days will risk your sd partition gone because of data2ext really don't like random reboot and this will make you in a mess. as from my experience... if you reboot your phone and it say sdcard problem... your in deep deep sh*t. as the partition got problem at the fat partition most of the time. if this happen, you need to format your card. use a recovery tool to dig your SD card for pictures and files. format your card.... load CWM to partition it again... put things back and do recovery and restore.
good luck
psyionx said:
@bryanqjx
i can suggest you redo your rom and apps and try data2ext but follow blay0's strict rule on the restart thingy in his rom thread..
1.1-(to have)
download blay0s custom CWM from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969076
(download the customized CWM)
rename this file to update.zip and place this in the root of your sd card.
1.2-
prepare the Blay0 rom and patch leave it in your pc for now
2-(titanium bk)
use titanium backup and backup all the apps that you want. (backup the green ones which also include call logs and sms and other stuff)
3-(blay0's custom CWM)
boot up to recovery and use the update.zip to load the custom cwm
-do a backup (nandroid backup)... note on the date and time you made this backup.
-than go mounts and storage and mount usb storage...
-copy everything from your phone sd card to your pc...
3.1(repartition)
if 512MB partition is not enough, you can repartition this to 1GB (i tried 2 GB not stable). head to advance menu and partition SD card to. 1024Mb first partition second 0 third 0 and thats it... 1GB ext partition and the rest is your card FAT data. else, just skip step 4 but copy the B rom and patch to your card via usb.
4 (sd card preparation and the B rom in your card)
if you partition, go back to mounts and storage and mount usb partiton and copy all the stuff you backup just now in your pc (your whole sd card) and back to your phone sdcard again... this time copy the B rom also to your card if its not there yet.
5. (wipe and reflash B rom)
now since we have all your backup done we make a clean flash of the B rom.
go do a wipe and also wipe the cache partition and flash the B rom and patch. than reboot
6. (your new B rom)
after phone boot up. re enter your google login and other stuff like date time format... do the setup wizard.
and also let your phone sync with your account. things should look like new..
7. (titanium bk and terminal emulator)
visit market and download titanium bk and terminal emulator (u can skip this if you can use adb shell).
8. (terminal emulator)
now, use your terminal emulator and enter su if its not # (root user).
than type data2ext --enable, reboot the phone.
9. (check your setting)
after the phone reboot, you can go to setting and go see if your internal memory has expanded to your sd card or not... if its still some 100 + MB you are doing it wrong. if its 1GB than you got this rite.
10. (titanium bk)
now after the space have been made for your apps. use titanium bk to restore your data. if its a game with save. use it to restore app and data. if the app does not have any real setting or the data you just dont care. you better just restore the app and ignore the data. restore your apps first, than widgets, launcher will be last if you want to restore it with data.
note: i've been using this setting for a 6 month period without problem but because Blay0 stated that it might one day data lost your phone. so i suggest you reboot to cwm and do backup your rom, mount usb from cwm and update your backup folder in your pc with the cloworkmod folder, your DCIM folder, download, bluetooth... you get the point on what to backup.
nnote on CWM backup.... in the CWM folder in your sdcard... remember this, all CWM backup are name over a time stamp. so delete the ones you dont want.
nnnote try avoid OC to an unstable clock speed... a 1 time or 2 times reboot in a few days will risk your sd partition gone because of data2ext really don't like random reboot and this will make you in a mess. as from my experience... if you reboot your phone and it say sdcard problem... your in deep deep sh*t. as the partition got problem at the fat partition most of the time. if this happen, you need to format your card. use a recovery tool to dig your SD card for pictures and files. format your card.... load CWM to partition it again... put things back and do recovery and restore.
good luck
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Hi! Thanks for ur generous reply! I didn't see this reply till today so I am very sry. I am gonna try this out soon but I've got a question. I want to actually overclock the phone as well so basically if I want to overclock with this rom, how do u think I should go about doing this and what should I do to prevent random reboots? Thanks for ur help once again. I really appreciate it!
Hy guys, there is something I dont understand about nandroid. I flashed my rom, kernel, downloaded apps, change setting, homescreen etc. and now i would like to back it up exactly as it is. I read that nandroid is best for that but it doesnt backup sd card? whats up with that. I look at my sd card with root explorer and there are many folder and files that were made by apps when they were insteled on the phone.Does it backup that also? Also i have many apps, apps2sd, will it make backup of them also?
It won't back up your entire phone onto your phone. It would get really big with all the music, videos, etc, that a person might have. If you have your external card mounted then you can attach via a USB cable to your computer then either with adb or with a file manager copy all of /mnt/sdcard youlle get the important things that nandroid does not. The exception I can think of is that it doesn't seem to back up your modem firmware, so if your partial to a particular one then just have it as a flashable file.
Ok, thanks, so it doesnt backup internal sd card because someone told me yesterday that it does? If i copy the entire sd card to PC and latter copy it back to mobile like that will it work. First i recover nandroid backup, than i format internal sd card and than copy all the files back to sd card.
A Nandroid backup will copy a lot, but it can't copy everything or there wouldn't be room on the device for it to be practical. It is quite supprising how much it will keep; it just isn't a complete backup solution is all.
Addressing your question though, as for copying the entire sd card, you really only need to copy the folder /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard ; the latter is a symlink to /mnt/sdcard
If you try to copy your entire sdcard then it is possible to end up with data from partitions that will take forever to copy and that you really don't want, for example /proc on the phone is just kernel information that doesn't even exist when the phone is turned off. To keep things simple, everything is part of the ROM and kernel except for /mnt/sdcard and in the case of and external sd card, /mnt/sdcard/external_sd but the latter (/mnt/sdcard/external_sd) will be copied along with the first one provided it is mounted when you do it.
The only other exception to what needs to be backed up is a partition called /efs and there are various tutorials with various methods about how to do that. I would follow one of them rather than just copying the data out as its a partition that holds unique information about the phone that it can't function with if it gets messed up. This is more immediately important and I think there's quite simply some apps that will do it for you if you look at the sticky threads here. The files will be on your phone though so you'lle want to pull them off on to your computer for sure.
As for your friend's advice, though, you won't typically ever need more than a Nandroid backup unless something happens to that other data, for example if there's filesystem corruption. If you do a restore of your ROM then it still retains all your music and photo goodies or whatever, app settings get wiped though where they are retained with Nandroid. The only thing that I'd worry about is if the impending update to Ice Cream Sandwhich somehow wipes suff, or if you play around at the command line a lot make a mistake unintentionally. If it weren't for the updates and beta ICS releases we're seeing then I'd simply be telling you not to worry about it, but to back things up and be done with it.
By the way, doesn't Kies back things up? I don't have it so I don't remember but it seems like that's how I initially got things onto it and that it has a sync option. Perhaps this is enough?....
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Hy guys, there is something I dont understand about nandroid. I flashed my rom, kernel, downloaded apps, change setting, homescreen etc. and now i would like to back it up exactly as it is. I read that nandroid is best for that but it doesnt backup sd card? whats up with that. I look at my sd card with root explorer and there are many folder and files that were made by apps when they were insteled on the phone.Does it backup that also? Also i have many apps, apps2sd, will it make backup of them also?
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Man just do the backup and don't worry about the sd card files/folders. The reason it doesn't back them up is because they stay there anyway. Eg, if you uninstall an app, a folder that was created by it on your sd card is still there. Flashing firmware, including wipe versions doesn't touch the 11.5gb internal storage or external storage.
BTW, most of my internal sd card is used up and 25gb is used up on my external card. If the backup was to include those a 64gb memory card wouldn't be enough.
Between the S1 and S2 I've backed up and restored over 100 times, including after fully wiping the phone (but not formatting sd cards) and the phone always looks and functions exactly as before, including apps.
So, only copy memory card files to PC if you intend to format the internal / external cards or if you are worried you might lose stuff if the memories become corrupted.
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Thanks guys for you help. I dont use Kies also so i dont know and, yes, i format sd card before flashing every rom so i would probably format it also before making restore of nandroid backup. Also when i delete some app a delete a folder created by it on sd card. OK, than i will make a nandroid backup and copy mnt/sdcard on PC so if it ever gets corupted i can restore everything. As for efs folder, Neak kerenl made a backup of that automatic so i just made a copy of that on PC.
Every so often I go though the folders on the sd cards and clean them up a little but I have never formatted the sd cards. I don't really think you should do it with every flash.
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This might be a stupid question, but better to ask then regret it when the time comes. I recently purchased a 32 GB Duracell class 4 sd card, I don't really trust the thing as much as I should, it acts strange at times when it comes to apps running off of it and such. Anyways the question is when you preform a nandroid backup with CWM it auto defaults to the backup directory within the CWM folder on the SD card. Is there a way to change the location of this folder to the internal storage on the device itself? Or when it comes time to restore a backup choose your own location? I trust the phones storage so much more then this sketch SD card.
Thanks for the assistance.
Take out the card when you wanna back up b restore without the external directory it should switch to internal
studacris said:
Take out the card when you wanna back up b restore without the external factory it should switch to internal
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See, thats exactly why I love this site, wouldn't of thought of such a simple solution. Thank you.
blackendsoul said:
This might be a stupid question, but better to ask then regret it when the time comes. I recently purchased a 32 GB Duracell class 4 sd card, I don't really trust the thing as much as I should, it acts strange at times when it comes to apps running off of it and such. Anyways the question is when you preform a nandroid backup with CWM it auto defaults to the backup directory within the CWM folder on the SD card. Is there a way to change the location of this folder to the internal storage on the device itself? Or when it comes time to restore a backup choose your own location? I trust the phones storage so much more then this sketch SD card.
Thanks for the assistance.
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in cwm, there should always be the option to use the internal sdcard (at least with "my" cwms )
Hi all. I'd really really like to delete all my internal memory before trying my next custom rom!!!
As I search for different custom roms to try it drives me a bit nuts that my internal memory has loads of stuff left there from previous installs of apps, ROMS and whatever-the-hell-else-I-can't-recognise etc. I delete the folders I'm sure I don't need but it still bugs me the amount of rogue, seemingly uneeded folders and files sitting there. All these folders and files from old apps despite doing the standard factory reset, cache, dalvik cache steps makes me crazy!
So here's my question: can how can I safely nuke all my internal memory before putting my next custom ROM on to try?
I suppose I'll I have to leave the actual custom ROM .zip on the internal memory somewhere - I've read that clockwork recovery can't access the external sd card. I was sure clockwork recovery could access the external sd card on my old Nexus 1. .
Anyways, any advice would be much appreciated! I'd like to avoid software bricking my phone if I can avoid it!!!
If you are on stock Rom > turn off your device > hold volume up+ home + power till it boots into android recovery.. perform a data wipe from there.. it'll wipe everything (not the external storage).. your phone will be like it was when u bought it.
And older versions of the official clockworkmod recoveries don't support external storage. Newer version do I think. ( needs clarification!!).
Alternatively you can also use chainfire's clockworkmod recovery. It supports external storage.
(Note: clockworkmod recovery only wipe the system partition. All your personal data will be intact.. but the stock android recovery wipes everything!!)
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Thanks for the reply!
Unfrotunately I'm long gone from having a stock recovery. I have "clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.3" although I'm not sure whether it's the chainfire one or the other one. It has the hat with the circle icon in it and is the blue monochrome menus. While it does have an option to mount an external sd, I can't seem to browse to my external sd when I choose install zip from sd card. Despite whichever folders I mount on the external sd card, only my internal memory appears to come up when browsing for install zip from sd card.
It would be nice if one of the recoveries out there could do a full wipe of internal memory! Unless that would delete the recovery too. Is recovery installed in the internal memory or somewhere else on the galaxy s3?
Bump! Not just because I like my post at the top but seriously, don't all those silly, un-necessary folders and files drive anyone else crazy!!!! Maybe I'm just getting a bit OCD... I've even tried a bunch of cleaner apps but to no avail. Damn apps not cleaning up after themselves...
Try this
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If you know a script called "superwipe"recommended for flashing new CustomRoms, flash this script in clockworkmod recovery menu by choosing instal zip from SD CARD,and the internal memory will be completely vanished,while the EXTERNALSDCARD stays Untouched.
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LargePiece said:
Bump! Not just because I like my post at the top but seriously, don't all those silly, un-necessary folders and files drive anyone else crazy!!!! Maybe I'm just getting a bit OCD... I've even tried a bunch of cleaner apps but to no avail. Damn apps not cleaning up after themselves...
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Use Megawipe script from the General Section..search it there..put it on your extsdcard and flash via CWM..all you data will be wiped just the extsdcard will be left..
Well chainfire's 5.5.0.4 CWM recovery "1.5" loads from my external sd card instead so assuming I have my ROM files on there, I should be able to use that script without bricking my phone! Wish me luck! Lol. Thanks for the help.
I am using Safestrap to install the CM10.1 nightly. I had to update from 2.11 to 3.11 to get it to work with the latest nightly. The Rom is working, but I'm confused about why I have so many partitions. I would like to consolidate as much as possible so I don't get confused about where things are. When running Disk Usage app, I have
1) App Storage 280/1007 free,
2) Storage Card 1280/8196 free
3)/storage/sdcard0 1280/8196 free
4)/storage/sdcard1 6078/15189 free (i think this one is my actual sdcard, it has my music on it)
2 and 3 look like they are the same thing. But they also have Titanium Backup information in it. So when I am backing up to sdcard, which SDcard am I backing up to? The actual sdcard, or the one created by Safestrap? Both have TB information in it, and a Camera folder. I'd like to be able to set it so that everything goes to the actual SDcard instead of the one created by Safestrap.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
thefamousmoe said:
I am using Safestrap to install the CM10.1 nightly. I had to update from 2.11 to 3.11 to get it to work with the latest nightly. The Rom is working, but I'm confused about why I have so many partitions. I would like to consolidate as much as possible so I don't get confused about where things are. When running Disk Usage app, I have
1) App Storage 280/1007 free,
2) Storage Card 1280/8196 free
3)/storage/sdcard0 1280/8196 free
4)/storage/sdcard1 6078/15189 free (i think this one is my actual sdcard, it has my music on it)
2 and 3 look like they are the same thing. But they also have Titanium Backup information in it. So when I am backing up to sdcard, which SDcard am I backing up to? The actual sdcard, or the one created by Safestrap? Both have TB information in it, and a Camera folder. I'd like to be able to set it so that everything goes to the actual SDcard instead of the one created by Safestrap.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
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1) Is app storage shared between all of your ROMs (this can't be changed)
2) Is your internal storage (aka leftover space from the internal SD card from the above partition)
3) Internal SD card, same as above
4) External SD card, this is where your Titanium Backups are stored by default
Backup would 99% of the time go to external storage, if not then 2/3 aka internal storage. 1 isn't accessible to the user (normally)