Got bitten by the CWM >2gb TAR nandroid restore bug...

[Ed Witles]

Gang -

I have been doing backups via CWM for the past 18 months.

Did a restore and would get 'error restoring /data' and as a result, a less than happy device.

Searching, there is an issue w/ CWM in restoring TAR files > 2gb. The backups are valid, just an issue w/ restoration.

So, if this happens to you, backup the backup and open the data.ext3.tar and do a bit of trimming to get below 2gb. Peazip works for me.

Then, to keep CWM happy, do the following from ADB or Terminal. I used terminal.

$ SU

#cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/XXXXXX/
#rm nandroid.md5
#md5sum *img *tar > nandroid.md5

IMPORTANT

Wait until you get a # prompt back.

Then all should be well.

ALL DISCLAIMERS APPLY and if anyone else has a more better way of 'splaining', please comment.

 

[mightyfacundo]

Good info!

Does this only happen with CWM or with 4eXT as well?

 

[redcat22]

Would 4EXT have the same problem? Is this one of the reasons why people are bashing CWM and praising 4EXT?