External SD CWM backup?

Aquethys · May 4, 2012

Hi guys,
I have my clockwork mod folder on my external SanDisk 16gb sdhc...does anyone know how to be able to restore this way? Does the backup have to be on internal storage? I don't see a "mount ext sd" option in mounts...
While I'm asking this..
When you move apps to external do they no longer show up in your app drawer...? I'm using go launcher but it seems they disappear when I move them to external sd card.

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drewdown757 · May 11, 2012

I would like to know about using the external sd card for cwm instead of internal as well....

dudejb · May 11, 2012

by default from what I read CWM uses the internal SD card but I believe I heard some people mentioning on the forums that you can modify something in the kernel or a config file somewhere to change this. Unfortunately I do not know how sorry.

drewdown757 · May 11, 2012

dudejb said:
by default from what I read CWM uses the internal SD card but I believe I heard some people mentioning on the forums that you can modify something in the kernel or a config file somewhere to change this. Unfortunately I do not know how sorry.

Ive looked through every kernel thread and just about every rom thread and dont see anything about being able to switch it over to using your external sd card for backups....it sux but guess its not possible yet

dudejb · May 11, 2012

There is a few posts in the CWM thread that talk about swapping the internal SD for the External SD.

romanr said:
Can you please mount external sdcard instead of internal one.
/etc/fstab:

Code:

#/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /sdcard vfat rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard vfat rw

then he says he did it like this below:

romanr said:
Thanks, but not needed. I swapped my internal/external storage and this recovery now perfectly fits for me - my .android_secure is backed up by backup tool now - that's only why I asked.

How about adding

Code:

/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard/external_sd vfat rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /sd-ext ext4 rw

to the fstab ?

This may do what you want?

drewdown757 · May 11, 2012

dudejb said:
There is a few posts in the CWM thread that talk about swapping the internal SD for the External SD.

then he says he did it like this below:

This may do what you want?

Ill have to give it a try, kinda scared too cuz im a noob at that kinda stuff but i appreciate the help!

drewdown757 · May 12, 2012

ok so im using root explorer, opened up the fstab file to edit and am stuck there, not really sure where to add those commands at...i think it would just be easier to leave it on internal storage lol

dudejb · May 12, 2012

Yes it would be easier to leave it as it is. Lol. I have modified the fstab in Linux but not on my phone. If it is the same type of file you need to make sure you are opening it as root and there should already be a line with your current file system being mapped and simply replace it with the new line.

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