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I backed up my ROM before flashing UnNamed rom. I need to flash back to stock. When I go to Restore in ClockworkMod Recovery, no files are found. I can see my backup file on the sd card but not when I choose "Restore". I have the file also zipped on SD card and I've put it in the main directory on phone. If I try to load it from zip file, it starts but then says "installation aborted" after a few seconds.
Is there a certain place this recovery file is supposed to be located?
Or is there something I'm missing? Any help would be appreciated. I have the backup file and CWM is working fine, just can't seem to get the two together.
Thanks
supposed to be in
sd card/clockworkmod/backup/2011-xx-xx.xx.xx.xx
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jconfus said:
supposed to be in
sd card/clockworkmod/backup/2011-xx-xx.xx.xx.xx
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Thanks, that was it. I must have inadvertently moved or cut it. Put it back and I'm back in business. Thanks again.
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Sorry about that.
Suggestion: As you have written next to the other forums, put a qualifier in parenthesis after the Development Forum to help people narrow down where they should post when in doubt. eg After the General Forum you have (general chat, tips & tricks, etc).
NOTE: I have searched and reviewed the existing threads on items with similar wording. Several on how to recover corrupted files within the backup etc.. Although the questions and issues are similar none describe the issue that I am experiencing.
Samsung Galaxy Note
Rooted on AOSP xXx FJ,(Flappjaxxx) / FJ Mod of ICS UCLF6
Currently on CWM Recovery 5.8.4.3
Situation:
No prior issues experience with nandroid backup, had 2 other backups plus the one I'm referring to (one of AOSP xXx and FJ Modded)
Performed a nandroid backup to try out CM09 from FJ AOSP. All went well... including the CM09 install and apps.
Missed the S-pen functionality and wanted to flip back to FJ Modded ROM.
Attempted to restore the most recent backup... Failed. Booted into CM09 and went to Root Explorer and looked into the backup file. I noticed that the file has a lot of what appears to be random ASCII characters for file names etc... (indicated to me that this file was corrupted).
Since I had other backups, I went to one of the older ones and restored.
Problem: this corrupted backup is taking up about 1.9 GB and I want to delete but it will not allow me. Looked at permissions and it has RW
Question: how the heck do I delete this thing without having to take my SD card out and formatting the sucker?
Thanks in advance
You should be able to plug in your phone to your computer via USB and open folder to view files on the /sdcard. Make sure USB connection is set to "USB Mass Storage" option when connected. Once you opened the folder to view files, you can navigate to the clockworkmod folder, open, and find the backups within that folder and delete that way...
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Did you try to delete it in recovery (sorry if there is no such option, never looked for it...) or in root explorer? You could always get a terminal like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm and do like this:
su (if you're rooted)
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
rm -r 2012-07-12.13.37
Same commands should work in adb as well
Try. Android Commander.
jje
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I think that plugging the USB charger into your computer and manually deleting it should do the trick :fingers-crossed:
OK...
Thanks guys for your responses...
- did try connecting to a PC in mass storage mode and tried to delete... did not work
- use Root Explorer to do a delete as well... did not work
- looked to see if there was a delete option in recovery (first thing I looked for) did not find it
I'll try the other options and see where that goes.
JohnnyQ1964 said:
Thanks guys for your responses...
- did try connecting to a PC in mass storage mode and tried to delete... did not work
- use Root Explorer to do a delete as well... did not work
- looked to see if there was a delete option in recovery (first thing I looked for) did not find it
I'll try the other options and see where that goes.
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If you download clockwork mod (rom manager) you can delete it in the android application in manage and restore backups.
Empty recycle bin on PC sometimes helps when deleted stuff sticks, make sure do this when plugged in ofc
If you're using Windows, run chkdsk ("Scan this drive for errors" in drive's properties) when connected as a mass storage device.
That should help.
If it won't, the guaranteed method is to copy the files you need somewhere else, format the card and put those files back.
to clairfy, you were able to locate the back up files in the folder "clockwork mod-backup" but then it would not delete when you tried?"
Thanks again for all your input.
PC crapped out this past weekend... new hdd installed and re-building with Windows 7 pro-64 (hmmm... maybe I should dual boot to Ubuntu), will need to reinstall some of the linux/android tools.
@frdd... already had terminal installed tried the commands but no luck... it reports back I'm missing files and i get a lot of errors. I guess I'm gonna have to learn Linux/Android
@icomrade... I've got the purchase ver of ROM Manager and haven't fully gone down that rabbit hole but will investigate
@NeverGone\RU... will leave that as a last resort as i've got a 32GB SD card (sucks up time)
@mankows5... yes did find all the directories and files as it should be... just can't delete that 1 backup
Yeah, try Rom manager. Manage and Restore Backups>Select the one you want to delete, then delete it.
I apologize if this question has been asked before; I have done some digging through the forums but I have been unable to find a complete solution/explanation for this problem. Essentially, I cannot copy NANDROID backups created through twrp recovery to my computer. I am using an HTC one AT&T version and a win7 computer. Obviously I have no sd card so I need to copy the backups from the internal storage. I find the backup folder just fine along with the backups I want (upwards of 3gb in size). However, when I try to copy them via USB or network transfer through an android file browser on the phone, only a few mb of files are copied, and no errors are generated. Other forum posts indicate that a simple copy and paste should work. While others indicate some sort of vague copy permissions setting preventing this action. The only solution that I've not tried is using "adb pull". I have no idea how to do that as I have zero experience playing with adb. Before digging into that and trying to figure out how to set up adb and find the relevant commands to do what I want, I would like to know if there is a simpler method of accomplishing copying my NANDROID backups. Any help would be appreciated, sorry if this is a noob question.
Hello, first of all, this pertains to the Galaxy Player 4.2. However, I couldn't find a section devoted to that device, so I will post here.
I would like to root my device. I did a lot of googling and research on the topic, and came up with this thread being the agreed upon method.
I read through it and saw the issue with the WiFi not working after the process is finished. I also saw the solution people recommended being to copy the contents of /etc/wifi and paste them back after rooting.
My problem is this. I am new to Android, and I don't know where to find this directory in order to copy the files.
I tried to look using the My Files app, but that appears to only explore the internal SD card. I did some research on the subject, and most people said that it is in the /system folder. I can't find that either. I also found mention that you need root privileges to access that folder. But I don't understand: how can I copy the files before rooting, if I need root privileges to do it?
Maybe I am totally off, but if so please correct me. Where are these files stored?
Thanks!
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My IMEI is empty and phone does not read sim card.
I have read this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
I have root access and I can see the files in EFS folder with root explorer, but can't delete any of the files. I also can't mount EFS folder to r/o.
Does anyone know the solution?
Sziklián said:
My IMEI is empty and phone does not read sim card.
I have read this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
I have root access and I can see the files in EFS folder with root explorer, but can't delete any of the files. I also can't mount EFS folder to r/o.
Does anyone know the solution?
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Please read forum rules before posting
You may make ONE thread asking your question and then if no one answers at all in 24 hours you may bump it
You already made this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/help-galaxy-s2-read-sim-card-t2815607
Please do not make anymore duplicate threads
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