Hi,
I did TWRP recovery backup of my ROM and it told me that the backup file will be stored at data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/.....
However when I boot into Android and could not locate such folder/file in file browser. I just saw a 'TWRP' folder in root folder but nothing is inside the folder. I think the backup file is somewhere since within TWRP recovery it is there ready for restore.
Anyone can tell me why this happen? Thanks a lot.
lsdyna said:
Hi,
I did TWRP recovery backup of my ROM and it told me that the backup file will be stored at data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/.....
However when I boot into Android and could not locate such folder/file in file browser. I just saw a 'TWRP' folder in root folder but nothing is inside the folder. I think the backup file is somewhere since within TWRP recovery it is there ready for restore.
Anyone can tell me why this happen? Thanks a lot.
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In TWRP, are you doing the backups to External Storage?
In my experience in TWRP, I haven't seen the backups being done on the Data partition; they are always in either the "sdcard" or "extsdcard."
I use ES File Explorer, and here is the location of my Backup File:
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Notice how it's in the /storage/extSdCard/ partition, not in the /data/media/ partition. Maybe that's where you should look... If you're saving it to "internal storage" in TWRP, then you may want to check the /storage/emulated/0/ partition.
Also, notice how the file date is really old (1979). That could be a good search criteria for you to use to find the files if the above is unsuccessful.
I hope you can find it!
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I am able to adb push files to the Tab while it is running with USB Debugging turned on, but I have not been able to transfer files to the Tab in either CWM or Download mode. Is this possible (I know how to flash ODIN files, but I just want to transfer files to the SD card).
Any info or leads would be appreciated.
smalis said:
I am able to adb push files to the Tab while it is running with USB Debugging turned on, but I have not been able to transfer files to the Tab in either CWM or Download mode. Is this possible (I know how to flash ODIN files, but I just want to transfer files to the SD card).
Any info or leads would be appreciated.
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Download mode - no.
CWM - should be possible with an initramfs tweak. Unfortunately I'm far less familiar with how initramfs works on this device compared to others.
Im interested in this as I am currently in a boot loop this can't access the OS. I need to extract a couple of files before I wipe the device clear and start fresh. Anyways to do so using CWM?
I haven't rooted my Tab so haven't tried this myself, but is it possible to mount the device by selecting 'Mounts & Storage' from within CWM?
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No, it can't sadly.
Originally Posted by mabalito
Umm.. When in CWM, you just have to adb shell mount /data
Then you can push/pull files in /sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16964241#post16964241
I am looking at my Galaxy S2 files with the app "WiFi File Transfer" (which is great if anyone doesn't know about it... but that's for another thread). There's sdcard and external_sd and there is mnt/sdcard. What the heck is mnt? I feel like I am going in circles.
Thanks for any clarification.
I believe it stands for mount. Linux term maybe? The technical path of the SD card on your phone is
/mnt/sdcard/
See the top of this screen shot of me looking at the "root" of my internal SD card.
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Thanks, quarlow. While moving a file and not knowing what I was doing, somehow I put a file on mnt/sdcard/external_sd. So confusing. I guess all I really need to know right now is that the root of my card is mnt/sdcard and I thank you for that.
I'm pretty sure the sdcard folder you see at root (/) of the phone (/sdcard) is a 'junction point' type of folder to (/mnt/sdcard) the 'root' of the sdcard, at least as far as most computers see.
Similar to the 'Documents and Settings' folder on Windows 7. It doesn't exist except as a direction folder to 'Users' so older programs properly install to the new location for My Documents.
If you want to test it out, put a new file into /mnt/sdcard and then go to /sdcard and see it there.
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I want to return my S2 to vodafone so i can go with a different carrier so after flashing stock firmware i'd like to delete any reference to CWM or titanium backup or anything to do with custom kernels and roms from the SD card. Whats the best way to achieve this?
Thanks
[Edit] I plugged the phone in to my PC and explored it with Windows Explorer. I delete the clockworkmod folder (it was no longer installed). Is it safe to delete these two folders relating to Titanium backup (also not installed)?
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You can delete all the contents of /sdcard (internal memory) and then flash a Stock ROM.
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You can delete all the contents of /sdcard (internal memory) and then flash a Stock ROM.
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Since i've already flashed a stock rom cant i just delete all folders relating to cwm and titanium?
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Since i've already flashed a stock rom cant i just delete all folders relating to cwm and titanium?
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You could, but be sure to delete all hidden files also (.folder). Also I think that doing a factory reset from the phone deletes all internal card files (Settings > Privacy > Factory Reset).
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You could, but be sure to delete all hidden files also (.folder). Also I think that doing a factory reset from the phone deletes all internal card files (Settings > Privacy > Factory Reset).
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Thanks, that did the trick.
Not sure why this is happening, but I am trying to delete a backup I made a few weeks ago that is not needed. I cant seem to locate where the backups are on the SD card. I seen you could use ROM Manager to Manage and Restore backups. When tapping on that, ROM Manager says I need to have CWM installed on my device...I have it installed on my device...Whats the deal here? Could someone either tell me how to find the backups I have made in the past, how to make ROM Manager detect my CWM, or both? I am on i717 running ICS 4.0.4 OnlyOne HYFR B4 ROM. Thank You!
Our device is not currently supported by ROM manager. Use a file explorer to delete. Look for a folder named "clockworkmod"->Backup...
tyler79durdan said:
Our device is not currently supported by ROM manager. Use a file explorer to delete. Look for a folder named "clockworkmod"->Backup...
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Oh ok Thanks...only problem is I have looked for that folder already using Root Explorer and I can't find it! Could you tell me the steps to take to find it on there? Thanks for your help..guess I could just search clockworkmod after my device gets done restoring...
it's right in the main directory of /sdcard
Perhaps look on internal and external?
I no has external so it defaults to internal.
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it's right in the main directory of /sdcard
Perhaps look on internal and external?
I no has external so it defaults to internal.
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Thank You! I appreciate it! I looked in external...not even thinking about that earlier..and there it was.
Hi
I have two old LGG2Minis. One with LineageOS and the other with stock Android 5.0.2. I thought that I would throw something else on the other one too.
I wanted to open bootloader by copying the aboot.bin file (as the is the easiest way to do this in this device). So I copied it into the internal memory, I entered the command in the Terminal Emulator and got the info 'no such file or directory'. OK, I could have have made a mistake in a command. I carefully typed again and the result was the same. I tried to get into the /sdcard directory with cd command and the message still 'no such file ..'
I went to ES Explorer and what I'm seeing in /mnt is that I do not have a /sdcard directory there, just something with that name with an icon looking like a file icon. I checked in the Total Commander and I have the /sdcard FOLDER in /mnt, I can get inside, add folders and what not. I thought that since with TC it is ok maybe this is an app permission problem so I installed Termux - the result as in the Terminal Emulator.
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I don't have any other issues with internal memory. Phone works fine. I can save photos in internal memory (external SD card too). I don't get messages from apps or errors other than those I'm writing about. Finally I copied aboot.bin from another directory, twrp.img as well. In the File Manager in TWRP I have emmc with what's in the /sdcard directory.
I think that storage/emulated/legacy should be a hint for me, but I don't have the knowledge to use this hint. So my questions are - what happened? How to change that?