I want to know how to make a complete backup of internal storage (ie. Sdcard0) without using a patched twrp or and apps. Is it as simple as zipping up a single directory?
Ideally I want this to complement my twrp backup of the system partitions.
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Will anything bad happen if I backup my SDCards (internal and external) to my computer and erase everything but the Titanium Backup folder and install a new rom?
Will I run into any complications with the new rom install? I am going from Stock to Axura 2.25.9?
Most likely yes because some apps have folders and if you delete them then they MIGHT not work properly.
I've never run into an issue formatting my internal and external sd completely. Backup all your files you want to keep to your pc. Including your titanium folder. Format your storage through your phone. Flash the rom of your choice. Restore your files to your phone, including the titanium folder. Titanium will still see the folder and you will be able to restore the previously backed up apps. If those restored apps had data folders on your sd, the apps will rebuild the folders they require when you launch them.
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I just restored a nandroid I had and all the apps I had moved to the sd were missing. Is there a way to correct this or do they have to be in the phone storage to be included in the backup? Of course I had everything in TiB, but that's not the same. When I do a nandroid I expect it be exactly the way I left it.
a nandroid backup usually includes the system, data, and boot images. user apps are usually installed on the data partition, but if you chose to move apps to your sd card via application settings then it would not be backed up.
Good Morning,
I would like to make a Nandroid backup with TWRP, but on their website there is this FAQ hereunder which if I understand correctly, states that internal storage is not included. I don't have an external card but only internal storage. Can someone confirm that a nandroid with TWRP doesn't include the data in internal storage, or is this a misunderstanding?
Many thanks.
What is EXCLUDED from a TWRP backup?
Apr 11, 2018
First of all: you have to choose the partitions which should be added to a backup but there is an important thing to know regarding the /data/media storage (FAQ: What is a data/media device?).
When you have a device with a /data/media storage as internal storage TWRP behaves different then you might thought. Please read the mentioned link above to understand what /data/media is and if your device is affected or not.
Creating a backup of the user data partition will NOT include /data/media (your internal storage)! That means if you save photos or data on the internal storage (e.g. some apps will save data there as well) those will be NOT included in a TWRP backup! There are many people thinking that this is the case but due to a decision taken by the dev team this is the current way of how it works.
To be absolutely clear when you do something like this:
1.Creating a full backup in TWRP (including /data partition)
2.Factory resetting your phone
3.Restoring your previously taken full backup
4.Result: all your saved data will be there but your data on the internal storage gets LOST!
So keep that in mind when you backup and restore!
You may want to backup the internal storage as well but this is not possible in the TWRP GUI. You have to do it manually (e.g. with "tar" when your internal storage is mounted in TWRP).
TWRP is open source software. So you're free to add a backup option for the internal storage and push your request to our gerrit for reviewing.
https://twrp.me/faq/backupexclusions.html
Hello,
when i do a nandroid backup, before i backup anything in twrp i copy the entire internal storage folder to my pc (since twrp doesnt backup that).
I noticed a huge amount of data inside the TWRP folder called Backups (about 9gb) and in there are tons files (.win and so) with some classic /boot /data /system ones.
Now i wonder why is there such a folder and why is it so huge? i never backup to sdcard or internal storage only OTG flash drive.
Is this folder neccesary or can i savely delete it? will it be autogenerated?
Seitekful said:
Hello,
when i do a nandroid backup, before i backup anything in twrp i copy the entire internal storage folder to my pc (since twrp doesnt backup that).
I noticed a huge amount of data inside the TWRP folder called Backups (about 9gb) and in there are tons files (.win and so) with some classic /boot /data /system ones.
Now i wonder why is there such a folder and why is it so huge? i never backup to sdcard or internal storage only OTG flash drive.
Is this folder neccesary or can i savely delete it? will it be autogenerated?
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If you backup to otg using twrp, you simply can delete that folder inside twrp folder of your internal storage.
But files ending with .win are part of the twrp backup you've made, so be sure you did it to the correct path.
As we know, a twrp nandroid does not backup user data. So to be safe, that needs to be backed up separately. Even Titanium Backup does not backup documents, DCIM folders, etc.
I am not an android expert but I guess that all the data that is not included in a nandroid backup probably lies in a separate partition on the phone. If I am correct, rather than backing up these individual folders is it possible, on a rooted phone, to simply backup that entire user partition to a usb device in one go that ensures everything can be restored?
How?
Thanks.
maybeme2 said:
As we know, a twrp nandroid does not backup user data. So to be safe, that needs to be backed up separately. Even Titanium Backup does not backup documents, DCIM folders, etc.
I am not an android expert but I guess that all the data that is not included in a nandroid backup probably lies in a separate partition on the phone. If I am correct, rather than backing up these individual folders is it possible, on a rooted phone, to simply backup that entire user partition to a usb device in one go that ensures everything can be restored?
How?
Thanks.
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User data is stored in the /data/media partition.
When creating a nandroid backup, you can choose the option to include "internal storage", this will backup your user data. Restoring this backup will restore your user data along with your ROM.
Other methods are:
Connect your device to PC via USB, then open the devices storage on PC then highlight all the folders and files that you see there and copy them then paste them to a folder on your PC. This will save all of your user data, to restore the data, connect to PC and copy everything back over to your devices internal storage.
You can also use "adb backup" to back up and restore user data.
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