Cannot delete or move nandroid backups - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Could some one help me out here? I tried connecting my phone to PC. I was able to access storage, however, I couldn't access " data/media/clockwork" from there since I only seem to have access to my phones sdcard folder.
Next I used root browser to try and move the files to my SD card. Didn't work. It copy and pasted but the file either didn't get copied or its size was 0 bytes. Tried deleting one backup. It says is been successfully deleted but it stays there and no space frees up on my phone. I'm clueless as to what I should be doing next. Anyone?
Thanks in advance
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Move or copy the clockworkmod file straight to the sdcard. System and Data files are not viewable on the pc. Just copied a nandroid to the sdcard with Root Explorer, no problem and it shows up when connected to the pc.
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shadehh said:
Could some one help me out here? I tried connecting my phone to PC. I was able to access storage, however, I couldn't access " data/media/clockwork" from there since I only seem to have access to my phones sdcard folder.
Next I used root browser to try and move the files to my SD card. Didn't work. It copy and pasted but the file either didn't get copied or its size was 0 bytes. Tried deleting one backup. It says is been successfully deleted but it stays there and no space frees up on my phone. I'm clueless as to what I should be doing next. Anyone?
Thanks in advance
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Try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38857026&postcount=18
You can also delete backups when in CWM itself, in case you didn't know

Thanks for help guys. It was a simple solution, but often the simple things are overlooked. There must have been something wrong with my superuser permission. Restart fixed it.
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shadehh said:
Thanks for help guys. It was a simple solution, but often the simple things are overlooked. There must have been something wrong with my superuser permission. Restart fixed it.
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Yea. Always after copy/move backup files restart phone. I discover it also.
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I have my Fascinate backed up with Titanium Backup. There are a couple apps that are backed up that are no longer on the market. One is the ESPN Mobile app. How would I go about getting the app from my fascinate onto my Nexus 7? Thanks.
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Restore the app to your SD card, plug into PC via USB mass storage, copy it to your desktop, plug in nexus 7 and transfer. May need root explore to install it and set permissions.
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{HELP}lost in LOST.DIR

i'm not sure if i'm on the right place for asking this but i have no other place to go.
when we put an sd card a folder with the name LOST.DIR is created
once when i inserted a sdcard that is not the usual that i use, i found that many of my files, such as music, pics and docs, are missing and a large number of files are iin the LOST.DIR folder. i suspect that those are my missing files, however they very far from being usefull.
i would just like to ask is there any hope in recovering those lost files?
I hope you know how to unmount your SD card before removing it from your phone.
Well I know about that
Settings>sdcard and phone storage>unmount sdcard.
Is there a chance to retrieve those lost files, or are they gone for good?
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the files are still there in LOST.DIR
You have to add the file type back to the lost file. I believe you cannot get back the name you given to the file or dates.
I got many large files size in LOST.DIR if the phone fail to boot, I dont know if this right or not
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im GT-S6102 users, but let me try to answer
cacosubthree said:
Well I know about that
Settings>sdcard and phone storage>unmount sdcard.
Is there a chance to retrieve those lost files, or are they gone for good?
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LOST.DIR????
i always deleted tihs folder.
but always there again....
and i never have bad experience after i deleted that...:highfive:
LOST.DIR can (gently) describe as the TEMP folder for Android, as in the% System% Windows / Windows / TEMP is the case.
you can delete it 10000000000000,it comes back.so its not necessary to delete these files it comes back.
CALIBAN666 said:
LOST.DIR can (gently) describe as the TEMP folder for Android, as in the% System% Windows / Windows / TEMP is the case.
you can delete it 10000000000000,it comes back.so its not necessary to delete these files it comes back.
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Yes buddy exatctly....
:thumbup:
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Unable to delete zip files

Hi, I have a Nexus 7 wifi version running 4.2.2.
I have two zip files stored on my virtual SD card which I'm trying to delete but can't
although I get the message "was deleted successfully"
Can you please help?
More details. How are you trying to delete them? What app are you using? What files are they? How did they get on your device? Are you rooted?
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recover deleted files from n4

hi, i know how to recover deleted data from other devices, but on the n4, i have no idea because of crap MTP way of connect to pc
i had a lot of very important pics, connected a usb cable (maybe the cable it`s bad/damaged), transferred (moved) the dcim folder to desktop
it should have taken a lot of time, but it was very quick, because it only transferred 2 folders,
.thumbnails
100ANDRO
then deleted the folder, cero pics were copied to pc
please really help
maurocds said:
hi, i know how to recover deleted data from other devices, but on the n4, i have no idea because of crap MTP way of connect to pc
i had a lot of very important pics, connected a usb cable (maybe the cable it`s bad/damaged), transferred (moved) the dcim folder to desktop
it should have taken a lot of time, but it was very quick, because it only transferred 2 folders,
.thumbnails
100ANDRO
then deleted the folder, cero pics were copied to pc
please really help
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You reset the phone?
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nop
the phone is 4.2.2, rooted, it was fine
i just moved the DCIM folder to my pc, but did not copied the pictures folder, the the entire dcim folder vanish from the n4
Next time, use Dropbox or something to automatically backup your photos.
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korockinout13 said:
Next time, use Dropbox or something to automatically backup your photos.
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hhmmm yeah, thanks
but, i backup my pics on my pc, i just was not counting on the n4 deleting my dcim folder withuot having moved all the pics
http://bit.ly/14IhOAa
kishke said:
http://bit.ly/14IhOAa
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nop
recoveriung files from SD is way too easy, recovering from internal memory mpt is hell, only for real men
there is this guide but it is impossible to understand it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Read the description, SD card OR Internal storage.
MTP is how you connect the phone to the computer, the restoration is done on your phone so MTP shouldn't be in the way,
kishke said:
Read the description, SD card OR Internal storage.
MTP is how you connect the phone to the computer, the restoration is done on your phone so MTP shouldn't be in the way,
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Only works on FAT formatted SD storage ie not for the N4...
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rysup said:
Only works on FAT formatted SD storage ie not for the N4...
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this x2
thread can be closed
i recovered the files doing the guide i posted above, it was very hard but it works

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