I recently rooted my G3. Step two was to download a recovery and make a backup. Recovery downloaded fine. Started making my backup and everything seemed to work. It said it successfully made the backup, but I can't find the nandroid file anywhere. I've read some other threads about where they are typically located, and forgive me if I'm overlooking one here on XDA, but my backup isn't in any of the locations those threads suggest. There is no folder that I can find named TWRP. I've looked in media, backups, storage, mnt, nothing. This is looking from both The file explorer within the TWRP Manager app, and ES File Explorer. The most I can find are these three files with question mark icons called "TWRP", "oldrecovey", and "newrecovery" (see screenshot, files are at bottom left). Nothing there though under the file name I saw when I created the backup....which was the date, and then a few more numbers, and then I added the word "stock" to the end.
I did notice a prompt when I opened TWRP the first time that said I didn't have busybox installed and would I like to install it. I clicked on to install it but it didn't seem like anything happened. Could that be the issue?
I'm sure it's something simple but I'm new to all this.
Thanks!
Update on this. I figured out that ES File Explorer has to have root access enabled. So, I did that, and now I can find the recovery file in ES File Explorer. Still not seeing it in the file menu of the TWRP Manager app though. I'm glad to know my backup does in fact exist, however it seems like I'm going to want to be able to navigate to it through TWRP Manager if I ever really need to use it.
Still can't navigate to backup in TWRP Manager
I can navigate to /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS with ES File Explorer, but not from within TWRP Manager. Gotta be a fix for this. Anyone??
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I haven't had my sd card in during this entire process so I know that the file is on the internal sd and it shows up in ASTRO File Manager. But when in Recovery menu and after selecting "Reinstall Packages" it says "No such file or directory". Can anyone tell me what is happening? PLEASE
Which update file did you download?
Download pc or phone? Is it named proper?
Does show as:
sdcard/update.zip
I got the file from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479&highlight=root
Downloaded onto my PC and transferred the file to my phone. When in ASTRO I go to /sdcard and then find update.zip when I open it the file manager says /sdcard/update.zip.zip and two files are in it. "META-INF and system
It looks like you did the same thing I did using the same instructions...
I renamed the file "update.zip" which just tacked it onto the already existing ".zip" to give me "update.zip.zip" and it gave me the same error. All I had to do was rename the file "update".
haha, yeap... this is why I asked if you downloaded it to your pc, common mistake.
That is why in the noob-guide sticky I renamed the file update.zip automatically so this step was taken out.
Alright everything is now good now. Thanks guys. My iPad is now tethered to my Vibe. SO SWEET ! ! !
Next to come I might have to look into the lag fixes because that has been bugging me. Can someone tell me quick if the lag fix repairs the issue with the gallery when it is opened and acts silly?
Can someone tell me if I can delete "update.zip" after I have done this?
^ leave it. Go download rom manager and flash cwr. Make a backup.
Voodoo converts the file system to ext4, this is the method to take. It's added to the stock kernels so it's rock solid. Ext4 will help with the lag. Not sure what gallery problems you are referencing.
Telling you, nero v3 plus voodoo = Great
What is rom manager and cwr going to do for me? Why should I do this, I just don't know what those do. The silly gallery issue is sometimes opening the gallery and the phone because unresponsive and the gallery goes dark and only shows the font of the folders in the gallery.
It allows you to make a backup of your system, and flash custom rom's.
Hi, Everyone
I was attempting to make a new backup of my HTC one using TWRP. For some odd reason, I can't find the file when I browse my phone SD. The TRWP folder has the old backup, but when I attempt to do a restore I can see the new files. I tried using the ES explorer app to find the missing backup files but nothing. I know for a fact that these files are stored somewhere and they are taking space on my HTC. Can I restored to an early restore and it will delete these files?
I'm new to the Android scene and still learning. Any suggestions will be gladly appreciated.
Thanks.
djorn2k said:
Hi, Everyone
I was attempting to make a new backup of my HTC one using TWRP. For some odd reason, I can't find the file when I browse my phone SD. The TRWP folder has the old backup, but when I attempt to do a restore I can see the new files. I tried using the ES explorer app to find the missing backup files but nothing. I know for a fact that these files are stored somewhere and they are taking space on my HTC. Can I restored to an early restore and it will delete these files?
I'm new to the Android scene and still learning. Any suggestions will be gladly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Nevermind, I found the solution. The problem is that the ES file explorer does not have root access to /data folder. I enable root access in ES file and there was the following folder: /data/media/twrp.
I was able to make a new folder in the /SD and copy the files to that location. Then I deleted the folder.
I have two separate issues which I believe are caused by the same thing.
1. When I try to alter platform.xml in the /system/etc/permissions folder via ES File Explorer to enable 3rd party apps to have write capability to the SD card, the edit is unsuccessful and my phone reboots. When I pull a copy of the file to my PC, alter it, and then try to push it via ADB, the same thing happens. I previously used the ADB pull/push method to edit my hosts file and had success with that after doing it while in Recovery, but this time around both ways (in recovery and with the device booted up) result in my device rebooting. For the SD card fix, I've also tried the app that does it for you and encounter the same issue.
2. When attempting to update the SuperSU binary, the update fails my device reboots. This happens with either update method - normal and recovery.
So both issues seem to have the same root cause... my phone will not allow any editing of system files. Anyone have any suggestions?
For reference I'm on a Galaxy Note 4 (model SM-N910T) on T-Mobile.
Baseband version N910TUVU1ANJ7
Android version 4.4.4 (stock ROM)
Kernel version 3.10.0-2796035
Build number KTU84P.N910TUVU1ANJ7
I'm also running Wanam Xposed - not sure if that has anything to do with anything but just fyi.
Thanks
bump... anyone have any ideas?
replace the altered xml with a original/stock one..
If u have a backup
abhinavp649 said:
replace the altered xml with a original/stock one..
If u have a backup
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I have the stock .xml in there right now... my problem is that I want to replace it, but I can't because my phone reboots every time I try.
Gakuseinozen said:
I have the stock .xml in there right now... my problem is that I want to replace it, but I can't because my phone reboots every time I try.
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Is your Phone is rooted? If yes:
place the altered .xml somewhere in your sd card.
1. Install an app called Total Commander.
2. Navigate to the location where your stock file is located.(delete it)
3. Now goto sd card where you placed your altered file.
4. Tap on Icon of the .xml file, You will see a green tick mark on it.
5. When your file is selected. Tap on Copy/Move to Icon.( u will see two files one on one with a blue arrow)
6. Now Click on '>>' button to browse the location where you have to Copy/Move the File.
7. Now Tap Copy if You want a backup placed in sd card of the file or move if you just want one file to be there.
(Through all the Process I am assuming that your phone is rooted and you Have Granted SuperUser permissions to Total Commander)
abhinavp649 said:
Is your Phone is rooted? If yes:
place the altered .xml somewhere in your sd card.
1. Install an app called Total Commander.
2. Navigate to the location where your stock file is located.(delete it)
3. Now goto sd card where you placed your altered file.
4. Tap on Icon of the .xml file, You will see a green tick mark on it.
5. When your file is selected. Tap on Copy/Move to Icon.( u will see two files one on one with a blue arrow)
6. Now Click on '>>' button to browse the location where you have to Copy/Move the File.
7. Now Tap Copy if You want a backup placed in sd card of the file or move if you just want one file to be there.
(Through all the Process I am assuming that your phone is rooted and you Have Granted SuperUser permissions to Total Commander)
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I'm assuming this will end with the same result as when I try it through ES File Explorer. ES has the same capability and I have given it root access already. Something is causing all attempts to alter system files to fail, regardless of root access.
Gakuseinozen said:
I'm assuming this will end with the same result as when I try it through ES File Explorer. ES has the same capability and I have given it root access already. Something is causing all attempts to alter system files to fail, regardless of root access.
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This was not successful. Anyone else have any ideas? I tried posting logs in the SuperSU update failure thread, with the logic that if I get that issue fixed my other issue will be resolved also, but Chainfire hasn't responded to any of the requests in a while.
So I've got a problem and hopefully it's not something stupid that I've done. I got my 6p yesterday and immediately did a nandroid backup and flashed Pure Nexus (and SuperSU 2.67). For some reason I'm totally unable to download, delete, etc, a lot of the files on/to internal memory. If I try to delete a file from the root of /sdcard/ it works, but if I try to delete something in /sdcard/Download/ it doesn't work. I checked permissions for files within /sdcard/Download/ and the permissions are rw-rw----. If I go into Root Explorer and try to add Execute permissions it tells me the change was not successful. Any ideas?
Ok so I figured it out. When I got my new phone I copied files from my old phone to my computer, then copied them back to my new phone. I swear I've done that before without issue but apparently this time it messed up permissions big time. I was able to rename the folders via PC and create new folders via Solid Explorer, but still couldn't move/delete the files. I ended up booting to TWRP and was able to delete the folders using the file explorer there.
I know we’ve seen variations on this question, but my issue is a bit different, and none of what I can find has been able to help me.
I was doing a backup straight through CWM, when it failed towards the end and I can’t seem to find it anywhere, and I’m left with only 32m of space. I’m using ES File Explorer, I’ve been to all of the suggested locations, but I’m simply not finding it. I can’t find a Clockworkmod directory at all – even doing a full on search from the root directory.
I went back to CWM’s advanced backup feature and it lists it, so I know it’s “there”.
I’ve cleaned the caches and my space is still sapped.
One thing I have noticed is that ES File Explorer isn’t requesting superuser privileges, but it can still see the root. Is it in some hidden directory and I’m just not able to get it because of the superuser thing?
And something else that might be an issue. I’ve got SDCard\0\0\0\0\0 But I’ve been through each of them in the “Media” directories and have not found it. (That whole nested 0 thing is another question I’ll be posting tonight.)
Thanks for any help on this.
I solved the problem. My stupidity was to blame. Didn't realize that ES file explorer's options were scrollable past "Settings". Found the view hidden files option there.