Root [Verizon] Unable to Create Nandroid with CWM

[Mr.Manifesto]

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!

 

[Rastaman-FB]

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!

should be in the root forums

what version of cwm is it?

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

should be in the root forums

what version of cwm is it?

my bad...

v5.0.1.1

if i scroll down it has an option to "flash cwm touch".

 

[Rastaman-FB]

my bad...

v5.0.1.1

if i scroll down it has an option to "flash cwm touch".

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?

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

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?

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?

 

[DragonSlayer95]

You should give 4ext a try

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[Mr.Manifesto]

You should give 4ext a try

Sent From My HTC Evo 3D Using TapaTalk 2

s3 not currently supported. thanks though.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

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?

rom manager is incompatible with cwm for s3
you really should uninstall it and use the cwm that you downloaded to root the device
[RECOVERY][18.06.2012] ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4 - "v1.5" - xda-developers

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

rom manager is incompatible with cwm for s3
you really should uninstall it and use the cwm that you downloaded to root the device
[RECOVERY][18.06.2012] ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4 - "v1.5" - xda-developers

maybe i'm dumb but that download was a zip file into a tar file into a zip file, which then didn't open...

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

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.

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

rom manager is incompatible with cwm for s3
you really should uninstall it and use the cwm that you downloaded to root the device
[RECOVERY][18.06.2012] ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4 - "v1.5" - xda-developers

tried to open this using cwm, it was "bad" and install aborted.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

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 :/

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

got you. following those instructions on the link now.

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

failed. phone still in download mode. bah. followed all instructions. i can reboot my phone from download mode ok, right?

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

can i just reboot as normal from the downloading screen?

 

[Rastaman-FB]

yes, just hold the power button down untill the screen goes off. then click power again.

which part failed?

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

yes, just hold the power button down untill the screen goes off. then click power again.

which part failed?

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.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

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.

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

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

you can

holding down power for 10 seconds should force a shut down

pulling battery will work too

thanks for all your help man. didn't seem to want to work today. i'll keep looking.

 

[Mr.Manifesto]

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

definitely used the tar file and definitely didn't tick repartition.

cheers, have a good night.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

its booted ok though right?
might be worth moving to the latest touch recovery by cwm
[RECOVERY] ClockworkMod Touch 6.0.1.0 with extsdcard Support - xda-developers

ive not tested it but will do tomorrow.
good luck

 

[AntimonyER]

Hey, went ahead and moved this to the VZW All Things Root section. Thanks for understanding

 

[Rolo42]

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.

 

[Ricky Babalu]

What is your SD card formatted to? You need to format card to FAT32 for CWM to work.

 

[cgull]

I had to use cwm 6.0.1.0 from ez recovery.