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Root [Verizon] Unable to Create Nandroid with CWM

Mr.Manifesto

Mr.Manifesto

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hey all! i have a rooted verizon s3 and i was wanting to play around, but before i get too crazy i want to make a nandroid. however, each time i try to create one with CWM, i get an error that says something like you have 12g of space on your sd card. i know that i have enough space on my card so i'm not sure what the deal is. how have others gotten around this? help a bro make a nandroid!
 
Mr.Manifesto said:
hey all! i have a rooted verizon s3 and i was wanting to play around, but before i get too crazy i want to make a nandroid. however, each time i try to create one with CWM, i get an error that says something like you have 12g of space on your sd card. i know that i have enough space on my card so i'm not sure what the deal is. how have others gotten around this? help a bro make a nandroid!
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should be in the root forums

what version of cwm is it?
 
Rastaman-FB said:
hmm, im using v5.5.0.4 CF - v1.5

i dont have an option to flash cwm touch
are you using the cwm manager app or are you trying this directly from recovery?
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both, i believe. i've selected "backup current ROM" and also rebooted into recovery and tried there. no dice. oh and the version i posted is for ROM manager. perhaps looking at wrong thing?
 
i downloaded the apk file, which was just a different gui for cwm but still didn't fix it. that tar file sounds like it's used to root using odin, which i already am.
 
yes but that version of cwm is not standard.
you are not using the right cwm
you must not use rom manager and rom manager has probably flashed a non chain fire cwm version
you should flash that version (should be able to do it via mobileodin)
edit:
you arte on a much older recovery :/
 
yes, just hold the power button down untill the screen goes off. then click power again.

which part failed?
 
Rastaman-FB said:
yes, just hold the power button down untill the screen goes off. then click power again.

which part failed?
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complete (write) operation failed

looks like the issue

edit - holding down power isn't doing anything. can i pull the battery? at this point i just want to get back to a regular boot.
 
Mr.Manifesto said:
complete (write) operation failed

looks like the issue

edit - holding down power isn't doing anything. can i pull the battery? at this point i just want to get back to a regular boot.
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you can

holding down power for 10 seconds should force a shut down

pulling battery will work too

write operation failed is odd, that would suggest a corrupt file or you used the wrong one (used zip instead of tar)
also you made sure you didnt tick Repartition

i have to go to bed (uk time, early start)
make a thread on xda see if anyone else has come across this
 
Rastaman-FB said:
you can

holding down power for 10 seconds should force a shut down

pulling battery will work too

write operation failed is odd, that would suggest a corrupt file or you used the wrong one (used zip instead of tar)
also you made sure you didnt tick Repartition

i have to go to bed (uk time, early start)
make a thread on xda see if anyone else has come across this
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definitely used the tar file and definitely didn't tick repartition.

cheers, have a good night.
 
Hey, went ahead and moved this to the VZW All Things Root section. Thanks for understanding :)
 
If you can still boot into the OS, install EZ Recovery from the app store. From there, you can install CWM or TWRP2.2 (I like the latter) and reboot into recovery with a button.
 
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