Hey all, just wanted to ask about cwm recovery. I have made backups always before flashing new rom. Atm I have only 1 backup, thing that is buggering me is that backup is size of allmost 3gb..backup file being 1.3gb and "blobs" being 1.4gb.. Is backups supposed to be that big?
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Truman82 said:
Hey all, just wanted to ask about cwm recovery. I have made backups always before flashing new rom. Atm I have only 1 backup, thing that is buggering me is that backup is size of allmost 3gb..backup file being 1.3gb and "blobs" being 1.4gb.. Is backups supposed to be that big?
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Its backing up your whole system its common sense that depending on how much crap you have installed its going to be that big
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K, thanks.
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Hello everyone
Can I make multiple nandroid backups for different ROMs using CWM ?
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alkhafaf said:
Hello everyone
Can I make multiple nandroid backups for different ROMs using CWM ?
Thanks
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Yes you can. You can nandroid any setup you may have.
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I meant that I want to Make many nandroid copies without replacing any old backup. Is that possible? Or just one copy is allowed?
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alkhafaf said:
I meant that I want to Make many nandroid copies without replacing any old backup. Is that possible? Or just one copy is allowed?
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It doesn't replace the nandroid, it creates a new one. If you want to delete them for space later you can, but the recovery will not automatically overwrite it.
Like they already said, you can do as any as you want. I currently have 4. One rooted stock rom, one Cyanogenmod 7.2 one Cyanogenmod 9 and an early Cm9 beta 4
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Don't forget to rename the backup with rom, kernel and date etc so easier to manage if you need to recover
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Thanks alot everyone
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gsw5700 said:
Don't forget to rename the backup with rom, kernel and date etc so easier to manage if you need to recover
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Thanks dude
But where is the folder directory and what's its name ?
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alkhafaf said:
Thanks dude
But where is the folder directory and what's its name ?
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You actually need to be careful with this. On my device, if you don't rename them using a certain format (no spaces, etc) then they won't restore.
Assuming that you're using CWM (I don't), it should be somewhere in the ClockworkMod folder.
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You actually need to be careful with this. On my device, if you don't rename them using a certain format (no spaces, etc) then they won't restore.
Assuming that you're using CWM (I don't), it should be somewhere in the ClockworkMod folder.
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Thanks dude
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it will be under clockworkmod/backup. your backups will be sorted by the created date.
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Don't forget to check if you have space enough for your backups. And remember what hboot you were using on all the different backups. I had a few problems with so many backups. Hehe
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mrclaver said:
Don't forget to check if you have space enough for your backups. And remember what hboot you were using on all the different backups. I had a few problems with so many backups. Hehe
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Thanks dude
But what is hboot?
do u mean for example m5 ??
And y when I try to restore GB ROM from ICS, it fails?
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alkhafaf said:
Thanks dude
But what is hboot?
do u mean for example m5 ??
And y when I try to restore GB ROM from ICS, it fails?
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well by hboot, i think he refers to the change in /system partition(but thats for htc phones like desire, so u dont have to worry abt that)
it fails??? wat msg do u get ?
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n1newbie said:
well by hboot, i think he refers to the change in /system partition(but thats for htc phones like desire, so u dont have to worry abt that)
it fails??? wat msg do u get ?
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I think the error refers to rfs format in the system partition.
Could that be the ics ROM is in ext4 format?
cuz I checked its Backup folder and there was a file something like ext4-data. Otherwise, in the GB backup there is rfs-data.
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Hello, I have a galaxy s3 rooted with cwm 5.5 something and I'm using revolution Rom by Mike based on JB. I wanted to do backup so I'd be able to recover it at some point in the future, however it says that it can't backup system somehow, shall I update cwm through ODIN and then check?
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Have you got enough space on your sd card to perform a backup?
I've got round about 2 gb
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Sorted backup needs 2.5 where I've got 2.1 cheers
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Is it recommended to wiped the internal storage on my note 2? i been flashing a lot of roms and noticed i have some folders i can not delete also i notice i only have 4.93gb of 10.1gb available. i dont have to many apps installed and all my music and pictures are on my external sd
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Is it recommended to wiped the internal storage on my note 2? i been flashing a lot of roms and noticed i have some folders i can not delete also i notice i only have 4.93gb of 10.1gb available. i dont have to many apps installed and all my music and pictures are on my external sd
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Yes if you have an external than put a nandroid on that and format the data on your internal in twrp.
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Yes if you have an external than put a nandroid on that and format the data on your internal in twrp.
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I noticed on the latest version of twrp there's no option to format internal storage. Should I flash and olver version of twrp?
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killa408shark said:
I noticed on the latest version of twrp there's no option to format internal storage. Should I flash and olver version of twrp?
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Hmm im on 2.5.0.0, you on 2.5.0.1? Last time I checked it was still in beta but that was a couple weeks ago.
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Hmm im on 2.5.0.0, you on 2.5.0.1? Last time I checked it was still in beta but that was a couple weeks ago.
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I'm on 2.5.0.1 I installed it through rom toolbox. I installed the 2.4.x.x version that one has the option to format the internal sd. If I want to install a new rom can I format the internal sd then flash the new rom?
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killa408shark said:
I'm on 2.5.0.1 I installed it through rom toolbox. I installed the 2.4.x.x version that one has the option to format the internal sd. If I want to install a new rom can I format the internal sd then flash the new rom?
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Yup just make sure you make a backup in twrp of what you're on now (called a nandroid) just in case the flash messes up somehow. And of course, before you format the internal sd, make sure your nandroid and the rom you want to flash are on your external sd.
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Yup just make sure you make a backup in twrp of what you're on now (called a nandroid) just in case the flash messes up somehow. And of course, before you format the internal sd, make sure your nandroid and the rom you want to flash are on your external sd.
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Cool thanks for all your help. Appreciate it
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killa408shark said:
Cool thanks for all your help. Appreciate it
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No problem good luck and enjoy.
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Hey guys I just wanna ask something is the backup in CWM not working cuz everytime I backup and then decide to restore, the process is dont with no errors but nothing is actually resotred
So is it only me or what ?
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I think i remember cwm having problems with backups to external SD if that's what your talking about
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For me it wont work on internel/externel
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Warnahly said:
For me it wont work on internel/externel
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I had the same problem once. I backed up the original rom fine using CWM but when trying to restore it, it failed.
I then had to flash Stock rom to get the phone working.
From this reason I have flashed TWRP, although I always preferred CWM
Backup on TWRP is working good ?
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Yup
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Which is better if there is a better choice. I was thinking about trying TWRP but can a CMW backup be flashed in TWRP?
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mcernuto said:
Which is better if there is a better choice. I was thinking about trying TWRP but can a CMW backup be flashed in TWRP?
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Cwm..clock work mod.
And no..backups cannot be swapped between them..and usually not between different versions of the same recovery..although there are workarounds for the later.