yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Short answer: Yes, that works fine.

Long Answer. Yes and adb pull will move the ~13000 files in the blob at a decent speed, but that many little files even makes Windows 7 a bit retarded when it comes to moving them around your PC or deleting them, which is why I went back to 5.8.0.2 using the direct link 4 posts back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andi9:
I've made four Backups with 6.0.1.0.

Two with reboot to recovery and backup and two with Rom manager.

one I renamed with Rom manager.

all backups can't restored. three says error in data.

one error in system.

what's the problem in the new clockworkmod. A Backup that's no error give when it build have to restore in all time.

I am now back on clock workmod 5.0.8.2 touch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tracerit:
i made three backups through ROM Manager and now the blobs folder is taking up 3.24GB of space. I deleted all the backups yet the blobs folder is still 3.24GB. can i just manually delete it and go back to a pre-blob CWM?

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having the blobs folder slows down Storage Analyser to a crawl. This is horrible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sam razzy:
hey i made a backup.. it gave only 27mb sized back up.. wow... :) is this true or just a dream??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
It's not the entire truth.

It does create a few blobs with a total of say 700-ish megabytes. On the contrary, these blobs files don't (read: shouldn't) grow in size when making more backups.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
So... let me get this straight...

If you have ROM #1, with 250 apps, and back it up... it backs up 700 MB and ~20 MB?

Then, if you flash ROM #2, which is identical to ROM #1, but it has 251 apps... and make a backup... it will only back up that extra app?

If that's not it, I don't get it :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] D3VI0US:
yes something like this .. it won't backup the same files twice
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
I guess that's the relative answer. That it will use files from the previous nandroids.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
And if you have two backups of two non-identical ROMs (which most of us have - say, one AOKP and one MIUI or Sense)... this feature is pretty much useless, lol.

Was hoping the actual full backup was 70 MB, which was kind of impossible... unless it was using .kgb archiving which also would take several hours, haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Yeah. A good compression rate in a short time don't go hand in hand in these times.

EDIT: Looks like I just bought that Mobile Odin Pro app from Chainfire. Please tell me I can flash IMG files with it :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] clarkey1269:
WOW! and heres me thinking that CWM was dead!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Shame on you :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
I still wish koush had done something about the UI and navigation. TWRP is way easier to work with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ansonscleung:
GJ! I've never seen a nandroid backup finished in a minute or two.

That's the fastest I've ever seen. Awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Same here. It still seems to have an option to toggle UMS, which will never work on the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jland22:
I did not make this, just passing it along. Link is to a flashable zip for 6.000alpha; it worked for me coming from previous version. Much easier then fastboot... Just move to root of your SD card and flash, no wipe necessary.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1180469&d=1341577844
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bat0nas:
Hi,

Not yet supported by Titanium Backup? :(

As need that function as I need to extract Where's My Water from Nandroid backups with Titanium Backup. Because Titanium can't backup/restore Where's My Water. Don't know why :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
It will take time before Titanium Backup will implement that feature with newer versions of CWM... first, let's wait for official 6.0 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] v12xke:
Can anyone confirm the new v.6.0 alpha is backwards compatible with older nandroid backups made with 5.8.0.2? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] obtained:
I successfully restored a nandroid backup from non touch 5.5.0.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] D3VI0US:
Yes it is Compatible with older nandroids ... i just restored a backup of an ics rom and it worked just fine then back to 4.1 again with no problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Haadkoe:
Sweet. Faster nandroids are a great thing. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FrancescoGato:
This 6.0 is really faster, great work really!

I had a problem pulling blobs folder with adb to my laptop (ubuntu 12.04),

also I couldn't access the folder with aafm (using adb shell commands), it gives me this error:

-rwsrwsr-x root sdcard_rw 136736 2012-07-08 14:02 074796f4fa8783d1b73453f8cf3d9898557932ca26f8077c0b7029d1fcebb084 wasn't matched, please report to the developer!

Maybe I have to modify permissions?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: I can't even access the folder by Rootexplorer...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sago62:
having 2 nandroid backup, how do I completely uninstall 1 backups? are both mixed together ....:confused:

edit: resolved....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sofia-captivate:
Can I get this clockwork using current clockwork like flash it? Is there zip file?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
Yes, a nice guy made a zip file. Find it a few pages back

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sofia-captivate:
Is 6.0 safe to download? Idk for some reason blob directory sounds scary to me cause Idk what it is lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] renna1992:
yes it's safe :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gucci.Nexus:
Will I be able to flash my old nandroids, made with the older CWM touch?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] catalinu:
Bricked?

Hy guys,

I had the 5.0.5 CWM installed with the 4.1 JB on an unlocked loader. An OTA update seems to locked it (the lock on google boot), but I didn't paid attention. I installed CWM 6 and downloaded the zip found here for the touch cwm. I rebooted in recovery (in 6.0), installed the zip (without any error) and asked cwm to reboot into recovery to test the touch cwm. It started to boot loop with a black screen

I can't boot in recovery (with 3 buttons, even after I took the batery out). If I connect it to PC (with correct USB drivers, I used them a lot before), in windows 7, it makes a da-da-da sound (a fault device sound?) and not the da-ti sound for a correct one. But it detected the device (the OMAP4440 apperas for one second in device manager) but it disapears after one second (the ti-da sound that the USB is disconnected) and it loops on da-da-da / ti-da sounds (connected / disconnected), so I am unable to run adb commands....

Should I try an JIG USB to put it in download mode and use Odin?

Any other suggestion?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] D3VI0US:
v6.0.1.1 added to the first post

that build came with cool new feature which is you can create update.zip from your rom to use it later or share it with others

check the first post for download links​
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Can we make old-style nandroids again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LNJ:
Can someone make a cwm flashable please!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] D3VI0US:
Nope the zip file feature is for a clean version of your rom no apps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Koush:
BTW, you can also choose your backup format. So use tar if you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
cwm_maguro_touch_6.0.1.1.zip

http://db.tt/8gcFtLez

Sent from my JB Yakju Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bat0nas:
What is that "update.zip from rom" and how would one use it later?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dictionary:
Probably means if you flash a ROM, then add a bunch of add ons to it, like circle battery, theme, etc, you can now create a ROM with all that combined by using cwm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Hmm still no official builds of 6.0.1.1 up at clockworkmod.com/rommanager ... I think I'll wait.

Any news on when the non-blob nandroid option will be added? Backing up the blob folder to my PC and moving it around is a hassle.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Segnale007:
Thanks for the update but I wanted to buy koush a beer so I have upgraded it from the rom manager app for just €2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NoorGnex:
thanks ill give it a try later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
according to koush, the coder of cwm, the option is included in 6.1.1. check the last few posts.

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus

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oh, yeah. i am going to buy him/her a beer too. love cwm and rom manager

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Ah nice! Saw that post but wasn't sure if he just meant tars vs zips for the blobs/differential files or what. I'll check it out! Thanks! :good:

That said, I still don't see an official build up on the website..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
Ive tried the 611 version. choose from blob and tar. need to reboot to recovery to get the option.

backing up the tar version in my pc is a good idea. :D

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] obtained:
I may be too late, but yet again I have made flashable zips for 6.0.1.1 for those who dont/cant for some reason use fastboot.

CWM Recovery 6.0.1.1 maguro

CWM Touch Recovery 6.0.1.1 maguro
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teshxx:
koush is freaking brilliant!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] obtained:
Backing up using the tar method used 788.71MB. That is great. I went ahead and checked out "create image zip" and decided it is a pointless option. I created image.zip then wiped everything, formatted /system, then flashed the image.zip. It was just like flashing the stock rom. Why?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] static416:
Does the de-dupe happen in the background once the phone is booted? Because the number of files in the blobs directory is continuously increasing.

When I did the backup there were only 8 files in there, now there are 144 (EDIT: now 152) and judging by the time stamps they've been showing up at random intervals while the phone is running normally.

Is this expected behaviour?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] static416:
So as an update to my previous post, that file count came from using Dropsync to push my clockwork backup folder to Dropbox. Thing was, Dropsync kept freezing up because of the huge number of files in the folder and never completed the sync. Every once in awhile it would stop itself and try again and get a little further before dying again. So the file count in Dropbox appeared to be increasing.

So I solved that problem by just stopping the Dropsync on that backup folder. It'll mean my backups can't be moved off the device for now, but oh well. That was never a huge concern for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
I currently have 7270 files in there :laugh:

I haven't "cleaned up" lately however. I haven't tried pulling the new b/u's via adb yet. If that proves to be a problem I'll go back to .tar
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigeyes0x0:
If you're pulling from adb use adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod as that works better than /sdcard/... In any case pulling through adb is good, a lot faster than through copying normally.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
guys.. i cant mount the usb storage under mounts and storage. it isnt even listed....

im using cwm v 6.0.1.1 touch. I got the images from the op.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Oodie:
there is no usb mount in Gnex . Gnex storage cannot work as a usb storage as i know .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Ahaaaa.. didnt know that. So thats why there is mtp instead of usb storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kickthefreak:
i just use stock rom with root and unlock bootloader without wipe, can i use this cmw? And how to flash it?

Thx.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] obtained:
If you don't already have cwm recovery you will have to do it using the fastboot method
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
Or install ROM manager use it to install recovery then flash the touch zip

Sent from my JB Yakju Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] obtained:
Or what he said. =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tishfire:
The non-blob backup option, do u mean it is now in 6011 or gonna to be in 611?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
Its in the 6011

Sent from my JB Yakju Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrzzheng:
Seems there is a 6.0.1.2 update? Anywhere to find the binary for GSM GNex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Hmm no official builds for maguro since 6.0.1.0 ... anybody have a good unofficial build?

http://builder.clockworkmod.com/ points me to http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/3693/ but I'm not sure how safe these "nightly" cwm builds from cyanogen are.

Edit: 6.0.1.2, and seems to work great! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killbox:
Hi guys, I'm experiencing a little problem. I had to send in my nexus to repair the usb port and just managed to take a nandroid backup in CWM before I sent it in and upload the folder via wifi. Now I'm trying to restore my backup but receive error message error restore /system. I'm currently running JB ARHD 6.0.1 and I suppose the backup is ICS ARHD 4.1.0. Meanwhile I've also updated the CWM from 5.x.x something to the newest. Really appreciate if someone could help me to restore my old nandroid back and get my files back :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hanschke:
6.0.1.2 where did you see it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
You can use Titanium Backup Pro to restore apps and the data associated with said apps directly from CWM nandroids, if that's the only need you have.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nburnes:
Flashable 6.0.1.2 Touch attached

Regular one is building
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Only issue with this buld is that the ROM Manager app doesn't seem to recognize it as being installed, not an issue for me since I don't really use ROM Manager, but thought I'd mention it. Otherwise I can't find anything wrong with it.

Nburnes: is your 6.0.1.2 the same build as the one I found?

Edit: No, I see yours is ~200kb smaller. Did it come from today's build? http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/3781/

Edit 2: Tried it out, still works great.. seems almost faster? Probably just placebo though. ROM Manager still doesn't recognize CWM is installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nburnes:
Does with manual flash override.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sago62:
I have purchased, but rommanager does not see the new version ...:confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] relax24:
Hi guys, just updated to 6.0.1.0 via CWM so i'm fairly new to this. I see a lot of you talking about a non blob feature in the 6.0.1.1 release. Is there something bad with the blob feature that I should know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
I think the biggest complaint is being able to down load backups to a PC. The blob directory gets pretty big.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] relax24:
I was under the impression the blob directory was just the apps and stuff - which providing you don't download more since your last backup, it should stay the same size? Plus, shouldn't the backup + blob directory be the same size as a regular backup on the old cwm?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
It is the same size provided you don't switch between ROMs which are vastly different and then keep backups for both of them. Problem is there can be up to 13000 small files and directories, which can still be ADB pulled at a decent rate, but trying to copy off the phone over WiFi or then subsequently moving your backup around on your PC can be trouble due to the sheer number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Judim:
Question about updates:

Will rom manager always be up to date with the last CWM version? And will it notify me somehow that I should update my recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
AFAIK, ROM Manager shows the official builds of CWM for update, and will update you. Currently, 6.0.1.0 is the most recent official build for the GNex, so we're using nightlies, which don't register with ROM Manager as being installed.

Cool! Where is that option?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flukester69:
Ah and I was just gonna ask, why do I have to flash this multiple times before the version changes. Mine says the right version now. 6.0.1.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tishfire:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stewartk:
Just switched back to this and my backups are about 23mb. Is that normal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TKC:
My blob folder is over 4gb. This doesnt seem normal. How do I reduce the size.

Currently on 6011

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] buzzcomp:
Read this:

https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TKC:
When I do a backup I do see it freeing up space, but the blob folder get even larger.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rimher:
I'm trying to flash the new Touch Recovery, since ROM Mananger flashed the classic one. But since I'm on a mac the files i'm downloading are .ndif instead of .img, so I guess the procedure in the original post does not apply.

What should I do?? Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kraleksandr:
Just remove old backups and next "Freeing..." will reduce blobs' size.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolk11:
Hello i own a smartq t30 with a cmw 6.0.1.1 based recovery mode but it is all in chinese. Would anyone be so kind to post the structure of the menus in this recovery. It would be of great help. Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cptandroid:
Just change the extension from .ndif to .img

Macs seem to change the extension, don't know the reason but manually changing the extension worked for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] walkamake:
CWMR Touch Installer shows beta 6012. What's new?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] v12xke:
6.0.1.2 Choose Backup Format

Like some others I've been a little frustrated by the new blob approach to backing up. It makes perfect sense for incremental backups of the same ROM.... speeds up backups and makes them smaller. BUT. It was not working for my needs. Before giving up on CWM completely, I installed the flashable version 6.0.1.2 from this thread a few pages back. There is a new option to change backup format mentioned in Koush's thread. It defaults to .dup but .tar is selectable. Once you toggle to .tar, there is a confirmation on the screen that backup mode is set to .tar. After completing the .tar backup I was pleased to find a single folder with .tar files like previous versions have worked. Yes, the folder is large, but maybe 6-8 files. I'd rather have a few folders that are 800MB I can easily transfer back and forth to my PC. This is especially true for trying out new ROMS. I can instantly get back to where I was before, and I can catalog my backups on my PC by ROM now. Stock, AOKP, MoDaCo, MIUI, whatever. One small beef is that the .tar setting is not "sticky", meaning you have to toggle each time. Small price to pay.

EDIT: I now see a a little 3Kb .default_backup_format file that wasn't there before, so it looks like it may be sticky after all! Cool.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
i am using nburns, 6012. i don,t see the word beta.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grognaz:
after using this new versions for a while the blobs folder is aber 6gb big.... how do i reduce its size without losing information on may backups?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] v12xke:
You could delete some of the older incremental backups, then start CWM and let it perform garbage collection which it will do automatically. If you want all of the incremental backups, you have no choice but to keep the blobs. Did you try the freeing space option as well?

If you are a proponent of the new backup method, you must live with the blob folder and it's size. The beauty of the new method is in the smaller backup (folder) size and the speed improvement. On the other hand, if the old way works best for you, then archive your incremental backups to PC, WITH the blob folder (6 GB and a billion files will be challenging) and then start back using the .tar method where everything you need is in one file. I much prefer this method. Turns out, I could live without my existing incremental backups. I had several "old style" backups so I was able to nuke the blob folder (with corresponding backup folders) and change modes. So far this is working for me, but your needs may be different than mine.

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Same here... thanks NBurnes. It would be good to know the build we're running is the "final" 6012 rather than a nightly. Anyway, I'm sure it will be out in short order.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DieGo316:
Guys i got a problem with this dunno if this is the correct thread but here it is...

I flashed cwm recovery 6 with 7.8 toolkit but somehow rom manager doesnt detect it and i cant download any rom :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rimher:
You can always download roms from their respective topics
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] X1iser:
or fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-maguro.img ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ghostfreak NB:
does this work for neo v too ???????? or just nexus ?????????ty
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grognaz:
thanks, i deleted some old backups but the blob with the remaining 3 backups is still about 2.9gb big... so i huess i will go back to the old format as well when the update hits rommanager.

i also noticed that backups take about as long as with the normal method now so no more benefit from the blob method:banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subaash:
How to flash using fastboot

Used Android AIO flasher..running great..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amogil:
Wigs nexus root toolkit v1.5.3

No joke super easy one click
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bartolinio:
description is in the first post (precisely at the end of)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amogil:
Then cwmod ROM manager ..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nburnes:
Flashable CWM 6.0.1.3 Touch attached. Just built today, 9/2 http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/4693/?

Edit: Flashable CWM 6.0.1.3 non-touch attached. http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/4772/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Hmm that's one of the bigger builds again.. seems to depend on who builds them. Sometimes they end up ~5mb like this build (and the 6.0.1.2 I originally posted) and sometimes they end up at ~4.75mb, like the build of 6.0.1.2 you posted.

Compare:

http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/3693/ (big)

http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/3781/ (small)

So I guess I'm wondering if it's better waiting for the smaller (more optimized compile?) of 6.0.1.3 nightly, and if anybody noticed anything new and improved since koush is generally only pushing out new revisions for devices support again.

Edit: I read in the N7 forums that 6.0.1.2+ has the new .zip creation feature broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djmcnz:
Yippee!

Because I'm stuck with a 16Gb device (thanks Google) the 3Gb+ CWM folder was driving me spare - there's no way that it's doing the dupe method correctly on my phone - the blobs folder just got bigger and bigger, the clean-up process is somehow broken. But I agree with this post also, the dupe backups were useless for me, irrespective of size (and I found them neither faster nor smaller).

Thanks for .tar again! Saved me moving to a different recovery.

Edit: confirmed - a .tar backup is WAY, WAY faster on my phone than a blob/dupe backup. Like 200% faster.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DJxSpeedy:
same here i like TAR more ;) its realy faster ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bartolinio:
+1

faster and much more ergonomic

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DJxSpeedy:
and better to copy to PC (the folders) becorse there are not so much files ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HTCDevil:
I think that it's time to correct issue when doing a wipe and to have usb OTG. That's my only recovery from nexus one...and i find always the same errors...it's crazy...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
I just built 6.0.1.3 Touch build 4954 for maguro about an hour ago and I selected "Publish to ROM Manager" in Recovery Builder. Anybody know what that does? Will we get the new version via the official ROM Manager page this way?

Edit: Also building and publishing CWM regular (non-touch) build 4958 right now if anyone's interested.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Whats different with 6.0.1.1?