[Q] sdcard update.zip question [SOLVED]

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Feeling a noob to ask, even after flashing almost daily a new rom.

I want to clean some files from my sdcard. I backed up some importand files like Nand backup files from the folder clockworkmod.
I would like to know if it's save to remove the file "update.zip" or should i leave it or put it back after a reformat of my sdcard?
(If it's important to know. . . I'm running clockworkmod recovery 3.1.0.1 with s-off.)

Originally Posted by Nemesco

Feeling a noob to ask, even after flashing almost daily a new rom.

I want to clean some files from my sdcard. I backed up some importand files like Nand backup files from the folder clockworkmod.
I would like to know if it's save to remove the file "update.zip" or should i leave it or put it back after a reformat of my sdcard?
(If it's important to know. . . I'm running clockworkmod recovery 3.1.0.1 with s-off.)

I would copy it to your PC for safe keeping just in case.
You shouldn't need it. Once you flash a zip, the contents are unzipped and written somewhere e.g. /system for a rom. The zip is just the storage method.
Also, you downloaded it from somewhere, right? Just download again!
Still you never know. Unless you have zero space in your hard drive it can't do any harm!

I didn't download it, I think it comes from using the app clockworkmod (does someone know this?).

But you're right, It's a small file and I can put it back on the sdcard after I reformatted it.

Originally Posted by Nemesco

I didn't download it, I think it comes from using the app clockworkmod (does someone know this?).

But you're right, It's a small file and I can put it back on the sdcard after I reformatted it.

Is this the file?
/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery-update.zip
I think that recovery would rebuild this folder, including the zip, after a complete reformat if your sd, same as the other folders would get rebuilt by the rom.
I'm not 100% on that though, hope someone will confirm!

No, it's /sdcard/update.zip (but it's the same size as recovery-update.zip)


Oh, something complete offtopic, I see a lot of abbreviations here on the forum but I don't know what FC means.
Can someone tell me what it means?

FC=Force Close. Good you don't know it, means you don't get them?
I think your update.zip is seperate from recovery then. First advice still stands, you shouldn't need it but no harm to keep the copy. I guess you could unzip on PC to see what's in there?!

hi,
i think you are using rom manager, it should comes from this app.
if right, you should have got a folder ingherited from RM (rom manager) with another update.zip (but to be confirmed since long time a don't use anymore RM)
atm (at the moment)

Thnx for your reply's. It was usefull for me.

Can I close this topic myself and mark it as solved?

yes you can marked as solved by edit the title but yiu can t close this post