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Root CWM question

PrinceCorwin

PrinceCorwin

Android Expert
When restoring, I am having trouble recognizing which backup is which. The numbers in the title don't seem to correlate to anything. Is there a way to rename them or do I just need to write them down after each one to remember the date, ROM, etc that the backup took place? Forgive me if this is a silly question but I'm just a lowly noob
 
I did a write-up for someone on this not too long ago.

CWM Naming convention:
YYYY-MM-DD.HH.MM.SS

You can rename them to whatever you want pretty much. Just stick to numbers/letters/-/. and you should be fine. Other special chars may work... but meh. I *know* spaces will cause you to get an MD5 checksum error. Removing the space will make it work again, I'm guessing that when CWM runs it's checksum it doesnt wrap the filename in quotes, so it basically cant find the file with anything after the first space. Hopefully that made sense.

Personally, I like to rename the backup while in CWM. Usually I do my backup ,then flash a new rom anyway. While the new rom is flashing, I just:
adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
(find the new backup)
mv new-backup-filename whatever-you-want-to-call-it


Now. The reason that your backup names don't make sense by default is that his phone doesn't have a true hardware clock. Therefore when you're in recovery it defaults to 1970. You can see the same thing happen if you turn your phone off for a bit and turn it back on in an area without service/internet.


Hopefully some of that helps.


*edit*

I found this... It may or may not work. I'll mess with it later on and see how it plays out. Worth a look though.
 
Thanx. That's a relief. I didn't know whether or not renaming the files would affect CWM's locating them. I guess since they are still in the CWM/backups directory, it's ok. But I didn't want to do it until someone in-the-know verified it.

Also: When I do a backup, are the currently installed apps+data backed up as if I had used TB? They look to me that they are but, again, I'd like some verification

one more: Should I set my phone NOT to check for CM updates. It is set to check weekly by default.(settings/about phone/CM updates)
 
You can set it to update if you want. that's all up to you.


When you do a backup. Everything (in theory) that you've affected is backed up. Your data partition is where all your apps/data are located and that's backed up... As if you had used tb? No. TB does it slightly differently i believe.
 
Thanx again. Ok, how about this one. Is there a built in way to take a screenshot in CM? The power/home combo doesn't seem to work like in stock.
 
PrinceCorwin said:
Thanx again. Ok, how about this one. Is there a built in way to take a screenshot in CM? The power/home combo doesn't seem to work like in stock.
Click to expand...

System Settings > System > Power Menu
Tick the "Screenshot" box
Hold Power
Tap Screenshot.

Depending on your launcher, you can probably configure a gesture to take a screenshot as well.
 
Another stupid question: I can't find the internet connection options in CM settings. (I know, that was a statement, not a question)
 
PrinceCorwin said:
Another stupid question: I can't find the internet connection options in CM settings. (I know, that was a statement, not a question)
Click to expand...

There aren't any. That's a stock thing. On actual roms they're tethering options. You'll find them in

System/wireless and networks/ more / tethering.

Choose usb our WiFi hot spot

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