TWRP saying I don't have enough storage, but I do

[CrackBaby]

I am certain I have enough free storage on my sd card, yet TWRP is telling me it can't do a nandroid backup because I supposedly don't have enough free space on storage.

I clicked through some other threads that were suggested, and didn't find any answers.

By the way, did goomanager put TWRP on to my sdcard ? I don't think I see it there when I look at the files. I just want to make sure that the backup will be put on to the sdcard, not the other part of the phone.

 

[Atma]

No, It doesn't put it on your sd card but you will see a folder there for TWRP after you backup. The backup will take about a gig. Do you have that much room? You can select whether to backup to your internal storage or sd card. After you tap on backup, about halfway down you will see something that says storage: and a location. Tap on that to change the location for the backup.

 

[Atma]

btw .. nandroid backups may not show up in the total amount of free space you have when you look with a file manager. If you have several other CWM backups they could take a lot of room.

 

[CrackBaby]

No, It doesn't put it on your sd card but you will see a folder there for TWRP after you backup. The backup will take about a gig. Do you have that much room?

Ahh...I see. That makes sense. I was running low on space on the actual phone. I removed some movies and the TWRP is backing it up right now. Thanks for the advice - I will make sure to copy it to the sdcard and PC. Just in case.

 

[Atma]

Did you use TWRP to root? Did it work ok?

 

[CrackBaby]

Did you use TWRP to root? Did it work ok?

Well, the nandroid backup worked okay, and I've copied them to sdcard and pc.

To root? Well, my phone was already rooted. I don't remember which program I used way back when (ODIN? CWP?)

I was just getting ready to look for the OTA-reminder that I froze, to unfreeze.

Should I double-check that I'm rooted, before I do that?

 

[Atma]

If you updated to jellybean it should have unrooted you. Try Titanium Backup or something and see if you're still rooted unless you rooted again after you updated.

 

[CrackBaby]

Oh, I see.

The only reason I wanted to install TWRP before updating is because I saw TWRP instructions in the Jellybean guide, but no mention of CWM.

I know that titanium has backup files but I don't know how to use them. The one-click nandroid restore is just perfect for me.

 

[Atma]

Oh ok. I see. You haven't updated yet. After you update you will have everything stock again, including your recovery. You'll have to install TWRP again and use it to root like this.

You can update with Kies and it won't delete your apps and data. If you update with Odin it will delete everything.

 

[CrackBaby]

OK... I got Titanium Backup to work. I backed up the apps, and then unfroze Device Manager. It told me I had an update and restarted my phone. Then I lost root. So now I'm going to update via Kies.

 

[CrackBaby]

OK.... Everything worked!

I have root. I didn't have to re-install any Titanium Backup apps. Most everything came through.

Thank you, Atma, for all your help!

 

[Atma]

You're welcome!

Glad you got it working.