Cant delete backups / Memory Full

Hi, Im new to this device but right after I got it I did the right thing and voided my warranty :) Rooted and installed a custom recovery. The recovery has been a bit of a pain but that is a story for another thread.

The problem I am having is that when I try to take a backup from recovery it errors (I forget the error, sorry. ) however the backup is still right there in the backup directory. I tried a second attempt at a backup (to see if it would error again) and these two backups filled my remaining memory. lI of course used my file explorer to delete these extraneous backups-- only to see that they are not deletable. I also tried on the PC. The folder lists read and write in the permissions. I am kind of at a loss as to what to do. IIRC correctly from a while back with this issue the answer lies somewhere in CHMOD, but I cant quite seem figure it out. CD to the directory in a terminal emulator and then CHMOD 777? Thanks for your help in advance.

a question about wiping and backups

hi all!! im new in this section of forum,im still waiting to recieve my opt (still in processing) but im taking infos about rooting and modding because i have to transfer tons of things from my galaxy s4 and need titanium backup
talking with some ppl who already recived the phone i discovered a bad bad thing, a full wipe to a clean installation completerly remove any file on the internal storage,now with g s4 with a full wipe it mantain all documents on phone memory,like pics documents whatsaapp folder with all pics and videos,its very usefull when u change rom very often (and i do very often)
now my question is,do i have to save all my titanium backups on pc and restore theme every time i change rom ? is there any way to create a folder to put what u want keep
i use phone for work too and i have tons of pdf i need to bring always with me and its unconfortable if i have to wipe when im not at home with enough time to copy and past all my stuffs

thx in advance for any answer and...sorry for my bad english lol i hope u all can understant it

Battery Backups?

Well it looks like this does not have removable battery, which is a small issue for me. I'm using to swapping up to 3 a day. Anyways, what can anyone recommend for a quick top up, etc. other than the standard usb battery packs?
Thank you!

a thin solar case would help here in California, I think, do they even make those?

Titanium Backup wiped my google drive backups

Im trying to restore from TB - After a factory reset.
I had TB sync with Google Drive folder. It said "cleaning up folder". Come to find out , it was wiping out all the backup files. (luckily I have another backup on Dropbox) BUT...

Im having trouble getting TB to see any backups. All the apps currently say "No backup yet" and the [Batch action>Restore>RUN..] sections all say 0 (as in no backups).

I pressed "sync" with Drive in hopes that the backups would show up in "Restore from missing apps etc." but as I said it wiped everything from Google Drive.

I have successfully backed up twice and I have the .gz and .properties files in Dropbox now. How do I restore them if TB is not seeing them, and "Sync" wipes the files?

Thanks!

[i537] FireFlash 5.01 to 4.4 using backups

Can you use fireflash to flash back ups from 5.01 to 4.4 and 4.4 to 5.01?

Things to do before repairing (ROM, backups)

Hi,

my GPS stopped working so will have to send it to Sony to get it repaired.
Now I rooted the phone and installed the debloated 5.1.1 ROM.

Is it necessary to install the original firmware for warranty reasons?
And if so, how do to it most easily?
And is there a way to once getting it back I can easily obtain my current ROM with all APPS again?
I did a TWRP backup, and Titanium Backup of all apps, but I fear I will have to redo all the steps of the rooting procedure right?
Or given it's based on Sony's rom you think I can send it in as is?

THanks!
playagiron