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CWM back up error
- Thread starter aviranx
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Can you format /cache from clockworkmod? There's nothing on that partition you need to keep, so it might be worth a try.
ExtremeNerd
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Didja ever get a larger SD card?
i dont understand what you told me to do...
In CWM I expect there to be an option to format the cache partition. As the problems all concern opening log files on that partition, reformatting it, or just clearing it, might fix the problem.
As cache is just for temporary files, there is nothing to lose by trying this.
As cache is just for temporary files, there is nothing to lose by trying this.
Exactly.
I sometimes wipe cache and dalvik before taking a backup just to save disk space (though it takes a little longer to boot after as it has to rebuild the dalvik).
I sometimes wipe cache and dalvik before taking a backup just to save disk space (though it takes a little longer to boot after as it has to rebuild the dalvik).
i did so, and now only the first line appers,
iguess its improvment ahah
it used to be 16MB backup size,
and yet, 16MB
according to what i read here:
CWM Recovery - Can't Mount System Error Solution
its impossible to back up mini stock room through CWM...
CWM Recovery - Can't Mount System Error Solution
its impossible to back up mini stock room through CWM...
It's not much of an improvement - the previous logs have been erased, which is why you don't get those messages. But it looks like it's still unable to open a log file and is aborting the backup as a result.
Hmm. I don't know CWM 4 options in detail (used to use 2.5.0.7). Does it have a "Mounts and Storage" menu? That's where I would expect the option to format the cache partition to be. You could also test whether it can mount the cache partition, but if it could wipe it you'd think it should be able to.
Hmm. I don't know CWM 4 options in detail (used to use 2.5.0.7). Does it have a "Mounts and Storage" menu? That's where I would expect the option to format the cache partition to be. You could also test whether it can mount the cache partition, but if it could wipe it you'd think it should be able to.
did you read what i added about mini stock room?
Didn't until you pointed it out!
Ah, yes, I have heard of that, though I didn't recall which phones were affected. Some quirk of the way Samsung manage storage. Didn't associate this message with it.
Well I guess you have an answer then
Ah, yes, I have heard of that, though I didn't recall which phones were affected. Some quirk of the way Samsung manage storage. Didn't associate this message with it.
Well I guess you have an answer then
Didn't until you pointed it out!
Ah, yes, I have heard of that, though I didn't recall which phones were affected. Some quirk of the way Samsung manage storage. Didn't associate this message with it.
Well I guess you have an answer then
no way to back up my mini's stock room?
so i guess, no backup=no new room to install :\
thank you any way
Can you back up with Odin? I don't know Samsung software, but there are people here who do.
Don't worry about dalvik.
Android runs apps in a java based virtual machine called dalvik. The dalvik cache lives in your internal memory. One option a custom recovery gives is to erase the dalvik cache (not format as it isn't a storage partition). It will be rebuilt when you boot the phone, but cleaning it out may sometimes improve minor performance issues. If you did this before making a backup it would make the backup smaller, but most people don't bother (even I don't most of the time).
Not relevant to your problem.
Android runs apps in a java based virtual machine called dalvik. The dalvik cache lives in your internal memory. One option a custom recovery gives is to erase the dalvik cache (not format as it isn't a storage partition). It will be rebuilt when you boot the phone, but cleaning it out may sometimes improve minor performance issues. If you did this before making a backup it would make the backup smaller, but most people don't bother (even I don't most of the time).
Not relevant to your problem.
ok, thank you about evrything!
now im looking for way backup without CWM
CWM cant backup stock firmware, but it can restore it? i hope