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Extract files from nandroid backup?

Is it possible to extract/access files from a nandroid img file?? like unzip it or something? Thanks...

Yea. Using unyaffs. Download zip below. Then extract to a directory. Put the nandroid img files in the folder. Then open command prompt and cd to the directory it's in. Then use the command "unyaffs system.img" . That would be an example on extracting the system.img.
Download: http://bit.ly/eXA7jS

personally i dont even like the idea of this seems too thief friendly IE. confidential information on your phone, remove via nandroid, ........ profit?

themapleboy said:
personally i dont even like the idea of this seems too thief friendly IE. confidential information on your phone, remove via nandroid, ........ profit?
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True, but its on the SDcard, unless someone somehow had an app in their system to do something with the nandroid image, no one can get ahold of it unless they have your phone, well if they have your phone to begin with.....yeahh....

themapleboy said:
personally i dont even like the idea of this seems too thief friendly IE. confidential information on your phone, remove via nandroid, ........ profit?
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how many apps do you give root to?
anyone of them could upload a 30-80mb data.img for someone to be able to read your gmail
so, yeah you are right to be paranoid

Firerat said:
how many apps do you give root to?
anyone of them could upload a 30-80mb data.img for someone to be able to read your gmail
so, yeah you are right to be paranoid
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yh i would not think twice if an app asked for root ... now i will

[Q] Trying to create a CW zip with all the apps i want to install automatically

Can some one provide some instructions on how to go about making a CW zip file to flash and install all the apps that is on my phone?
I've seen a few of these floating around in the forum, and wanted to make my own to save time after every ROM flash
Do I just grab all the APK files throw them into a folder and Zip & Sign it?
or do I have to do a Nandroid backup first, then only use the app files from the backup?

I would like to know this too....

Would be nice as well instead of restoring
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Take an existing update.zip type file. Add a folder to it with the full proper path for your apps you want to pre-install (typically this will be /data/app) and put all the apps in that folder. Should look something like this in a windows/mac explorer window:
Code:
META-INF
/com/google/android/updater-script
data
/app/myfirstapp.apk
/app/mysecondapp.apk
Then use a text editor to edit the META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script file to include the commands to copy over your stuff. It would something along the lines of:
Code:
ui_print("Installing New App Files to /data");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
Edit out anything in the update template you're working out of that you don't want to happen (ie., format or symlinks, etc).
Repackage the zip file and make sure nothing else got in there by mistake by re-opening it (like those pesky Mac .ds-store files).
You can re-sign it with the android tools, but I don't believe you need to with Clockwork.
I would have a fresh nandroid before testing anything, of course.
You feel this approach is better than just using Titanium to restore apps? You won't get back any app data that isn't stored on the sdcard.

Thanks!
yes, now that makes sense, i recall reading that some where else to add extra APK to the ROMs
so it's the same idea, just without the ROM portion
now i get it

distortedloop said:
Take an existing update.zip type file. Add a folder to it with the full proper path for your apps you want to pre-install (typically this will be /data/app) and put all the apps in that folder. Should look something like this in a windows/mac explorer window:
Code:
META-INF
/com/google/android/updater-script
data
/app/myfirstapp.apk
/app/mysecondapp.apk
Then use a text editor to edit the META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script file to include the commands to copy over your stuff. It would something along the lines of:
Code:
ui_print("Installing New App Files to /data");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
Edit out anything in the update template you're working out of that you don't want to happen (ie., format or symlinks, etc).
Repackage the zip file and make sure nothing else got in there by mistake by re-opening it (like those pesky Mac .ds-store files).
You can re-sign it with the android tools, but I don't believe you need to with Clockwork.
I would have a fresh nandroid before testing anything, of course.
You feel this approach is better than just using Titanium to restore apps? You won't get back any app data that isn't stored on the sdcard.
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Ya essentially this method is doingan advanced nandroid restore for data only except without the settings.
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kenvan19 said:
Ya essentially this method is doingan advanced nandroid restore for data only except without the settings.
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I suppose if you want the app data restored as well, you would just need to identify it's location in the /data directory and add it to the /data folder in the update you're making. Seems like most of the app data goes into /data/data.
Just thinking out loud here...
So for a sample app on my phone I have called jefit pro I'd put the following in the update file.
Code:
/data/je.fit.pro-1.apk <---apk itself
/data/data/je.fit.pro <--the folder
/data/data/je.fit.pro/databases/data
/data/data/je.fit.pro/lib
/data/data/je.fit.pro/preferences/preferences.xml
I'd just pull the whole folder for the /data/data/je.fit.pro from the phone via adb.
I'm not sure how useful putting the data back is, since that's not a static set of files on many apps, but for some apps where the data is just some settings or preference files it may be a nice touch.
I don't really see any advantage to this over just use Titanium to restore apps and data, but it should work.
(<<---- this would be the whole folder and its subfolders that I pulled via adb off the phone)

distortedloop said:
I don't really see any advantage to this over just use Titanium to restore apps and data, but it should work.
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AllGamer, I'm glad you brought this up, while I don't personally have any apps I want to put on the phone in this method, except perhaps titanium itself, I just realized we could of course do the same thing for all those little custom tweaks we put on our phones, like for me I push my personalized ringtones/notification sounds to /system. That's easy enough with adb or rootexplorer, but why not just flash them from a zip while in CW after a wipe or install of a new rom?

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AllGamer, I'm glad you brought this up, while I don't personally have any apps I want to put on the phone in this method, except perhaps titanium itself, I just realized we could of course do the same thing for all those little custom tweaks we put on our phones, like for me I push my personalized ringtones/notification sounds to /system. That's easy enough with adb or rootexplorer, but why not just flash them from a zip while in CW after a wipe or install of a new rom?
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the idea came up from several places, first Titanium Backup itself offers to create a signed .zip installer for CW
and i've seen other devices forums with people packing up like 100+ apps/tweaks/mods into it to flash after CW is done flashing the new ROM
yes, of course we can use TI, i have TI pro and it's very easy, but Ti is slow.... at restoring 300+ Apps
but everytime i see CW restoring a Zip file or even a full Nandroid backup, it does it so fast and quickly, that i though... hell might as well keep an updated signed .zip wtih all my must have apps, and flash it along right after any new ROM flash (when testing out different Custom ROMs) then i don't need to spend like an hour everytime restoring + configuring the phones
i noticed that Ti works a hell of a lot faster if the apps are already installed, and you only need to restore the data.
and that is the main reason i want to compile a list of all the apps
once they are all installed, then i can use any of the good market utilities that can do mass Apps2SD and i'll be up and running in as quickly as 15min vs. a whole hour waste on a restore/config everytime you change the ROM
using Ti i found most of the System settings can be restored safely without corrupting the new ROM
email
accounts & syncs
bluetooth pairings
wifi
... ah shoot forgot the rest
only do not restore settings for:
launcher,
wireless network (phone company)
android market
and anything that has to do with default settings
probably this weekend i'll dissect the CW zip created by Ti itself, and add more to it

Sounds like a good plan...but you've got 300+ apps if I recall correctly. I imagine that will take a long time to restore either method!
The Titanium update zip is a good place to start. Use the setting to make it a "user" app and it will put it in /data, where you want the rest of your apps as well. You could just dump what you want right into the zip file there in the folder that has titanium's apk itself and not even worry about messing with the updater-script file.

[Q] Can you rename Rom backup folders?

noob question i know however just a quick one,
can you rename nandroid backup folders with messing up md5sum ?
i load a ton of roms on the regular [a junkie i know] basis and get flustered when i have tons of backups but they are all dated

great question i also would like to know never had the balls to try cuz it says something about messing it up i know in rom manager u can under manage and restore (i think) also rom manager doesnt see ur cwm backups i usually go through ando zip but yea id def like to kno

Suprah said:
noob question i know however just a quick one,
can you rename nandroid backup folders with messing up md5sum ?
i load a ton of roms on the regular [a junkie i know] basis and get flustered when i have tons of backups but they are all dated
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I don't know if you can rename the folders themselves, but you CAN rename the backup file itself. I use Root Explorer to do this. Just make sure you don't put any spaces in the new file name. You can use dashes and underscores to separate words and numbers, though.

Someone in the past said you can download mand5 to generate a new md5 sum, but I haven't tried it.

@visedmonk do u think andro zip will work it says it will let me rename then i click on that and it says change to file extension can make file unusable and i dont space any letters for instance il put cm for (cyanogenmod) rite next to the numbers havent had the balls to try it

sarni84 said:
@visedmonk do u think andro zip will work it says it will let me rename then i click on that and it says change to file extension can make file unusable and i dont space any letters for instance il put cm for (cyanogenmod) rite next to the numbers havent had the balls to try it
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I dunno. I've never used andro zip. Only one way to find out...
But seriously, it should work. To be safe, though, make a copy of the file you want to rename and place the copy with the unaltered name on your computer or sd card or whatever. Then you can rename the file and see if it works. If it does, great. If it doesn't, you still have the backup you need.

Suprah said:
noob question i know however just a quick one,
can you rename nandroid backup folders with messing up md5sum ?
i load a ton of roms on the regular [a junkie i know] basis and get flustered when i have tons of backups but they are all dated
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Don't know if you're using "nandroid" generically to refer to both the true nandroid as well as CWM but I rename CWM backup folders all the time and have never had trouble restoring them. I've done it from ROM Manager, via a file manager and also via ADB.

short/y said:
Don't know if you're using "nandroid" generically to refer to both the true nandroid as well as CWM but I rename CWM backup folders all the time and have never had trouble restoring them. I've done it from ROM Manager, via a file manager and also via ADB.
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im talking about the folder not the actual files in the folder.
i just want to organize my roms so i can always jump between each

@suprah name it like this ex, 2011-06-16.05.57.13.....
you want...2011-06-16.05.57.13gingerbread ? rite well when i try that in andro zip it sayin it will make file unusable.... n i guess i will have to try and i always used to use rom manager and just go to manage and restore backups but its different with this phone especially cuz rom mana doesnt see cwm i guess?

Suprah said:
im talking about the folder not the actual files in the folder.
i just want to organize my roms so i can always jump between each
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Yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about. I rename the folders all the time and have no problems restoring.

short/y said:
Yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about. I rename the folders all the time and have no problems restoring.
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alright welp as long as you rename the folder without any spaces, then there would be no problem with restoring nandroid backups

nice nice will try soon cuz yea i have like 6 backups on here n was writing the date down with a name lmao

I renamed the folder once and couldn't restore. It was making a reference to the md5 file.
What I did to fix the backup is rename the folder again but this time without spaces and then it let me restore without any problems.
Now my Nandrioids are all organized
Hope that helped
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the stock rooted nandroid restore that's posted in the dev section is renamed to LG-P999-V10f. it's not the typical date format. and alot of people have used it. so the answer is ....yes.

crazythunder said:
the stock rooted nandroid restore that's posted in the dev section is renamed to LG-P999-V10f. it's not the typical date format. and alot of people have used it. so the answer is ....yes.
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jus making sure, im not a dev so i assumed that was possible with some code editing

moshe22 said:
I renamed the folder once and couldn't restore. It was making a reference to the md5 file.
What I did to fix the backup is rename the folder again but this time without spaces and then it let me restore without any problems.
Now my Nandrioids are all organized
Hope that helped
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Could be there's a coding error in the recovery code and stops parsing the directory name when it hits a space. The md5 file only references the individual files not the directory.
In general it's better to stay away from spaces in file and directory names. Back in the early days of *nix spaces were verboten and there are still some vestigial issues lurking either in the code or in the coding habits of some people. It's rare but it does happen. Hyphens, underscores, periods are all OK though.
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If after you rename the folder you get an md5 error. This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114 can help you fix it.
BE SURE AND READ THAT POST COMPLETELY
It's imperative that one not generate an md5 sum for a nandroid that is actually corrupted. That will wreak all kinds of havoc on your system.
ONLY PERFORM THE ABOVE IF YOU KNOW ITS NOT RESTORING DUE TO A NAME CHANGE
EDIT: For the record, the above commands can be performed from terminal emulator if you know what bits to leave out. Saved me a few steps.

I rename all of my nandroid backups. They are easy to get confused otherwise. The only thing I change is the year in the date, and leave the month/day alone.
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Yea I downloaded the Stock Nandroid and loaded it. I renamed the folder and got a MD5 error. Now I'm not sure it if was because of the rename or because it was a bad download to begin with.
I think I still have the file on my pc and possibly find the MD5 checksum before copying it over this time.

player911 said:
Yea I downloaded the Stock Nandroid and loaded it. I renamed the folder and got a MD5 error. Now I'm not sure it if was because of the rename or because it was a bad download to begin with.
I think I still have the file on my pc and possibly find the MD5 checksum before copying it over this time.
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Most likely because you renamed it
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Best way to backup the EFS folder

So what is the best way to back it up?
Please don't tell me to copy and paste it with a file manager

I hate to tell you this. Copy it with a file manager then transfer it to your computer. It's how you do it.

Honestly I've never had success backing up the efs folder. Every time I tried with any file manager it always failed to copy the IMEI.
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cpkelley94 said:
Honestly I've never had success backing up the efs folder. Every time I tried with any file manager it always failed to copy the IMEI.
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Use Super Manager. I've restored mine with it before.

tar or cpio -- Using zip or anything related to Windows, especially a text editor, is just asking for trouble.
# cd /efs
# tar cvf /sdcard/my_efs_backup.20120816.tar .
then copy my_efs_backup.20120816.tar off your microSD and put it somewhere safe

Jeff... I'm not a Linux guy more of a Windows guy but am I suppose to put that in the terminal on the phone? And hechoen aren't there folder permissions involved when you put back the file?
I know there are apps that backup your efs but can I use them? Also somewhere in a thread there is a flash able zip that backups your efs, can it work with ics

I spent a few bucks and bought root explorer...no problems.

Shortbus-Driver said:
I spent a few bucks and bought root explorer...no problems.
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Yeah and it also seems that its the only file explorer without the bloat. Its pretty expensive for a simple file explorer.

But well worth it

I find adb a lot easier than the terminal on the phone. It's useful for pushing a file or two to the phone or vice versa without unmounting the microSD. Free too!
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Any rom that installs with my aroma installer like most gb roms and a few ics roms make an efs backup in /sdcard/aroma-backup for you.
Also any ics rom that has used the cm9 update.sh script team acid made will back it up for you during the rom install (cm9/aokp).

But how about that flash able zip file from cm7 that backs up your efs folder?

FBis251 said:
Any rom that installs with my aroma installer like most gb roms and a few ics roms make an efs backup in /sdcard/aroma-backup for you.
Also any ics rom that has used the cm9 update.sh script team acid made will back it up for you during the rom install (cm9/aokp).
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The reason I want to back it up is because I want to flash back to stock using heimdall and there are those times that something could go wrong.

th3controller said:
And hechoen aren't there folder permissions involved when you put back the file?
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Nope. The folder already has the correct permissions. All you need to do is stitch the system to read/write then paste it back in place. I have used this method so I know it works. I do agree with Jeff though. If you know how to use adb it's a sure fire way to go. Just most users are clueless about it.

hechoen said:
Nope. The folder already has the correct permissions. All you need to do is stitch the system to read/write then paste it back in place. I have used this method so I know it works. I do agree with Jeff though. If you know how to use adb it's a sure fire way to go. Just most users are clueless about it.
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Lumins guide to using heimdall uses adb right? So can I backup my efs and flash heimdall afterwards correct?

This is the easiest way to make a backup:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/fb/cwm/cm7-efs-backup.zip/download
Thank FB.

lumin30 said:
This is the easiest way to make a backup:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/fb/cwm/cm7-efs-backup.zip/download
Thank FB.
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That's the one I'm talking about! And isn't there another zip to restore the efs folder?
And does it work with ics galaxy s beam?

th3controller said:
That's the one I'm talking about! And isn't there another zip to restore the efs folder?
And does it work with ics galaxy s beam?
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I just want to say... it is okay to test things out on your own. That is how you learn.

lumin30 said:
I just want to say... it is okay to test things out on your own. That is how you learn.
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Can you at least please provide the thread that the flash able zip is which is both the efs back up and restore.

Try looking at the url I posted above and see if you can figure out - on your own - how to back in to the folder FB posted both the backup and restore zips.

[Q] Mount or View/Extract system.img?

Greetings:
What can one use to mount or view/extract the system.img file in Windows since I tried Daemon Tools lite but it didn't work see the contents of the file. Thanks!

Almighty2 said:
Greetings:
What can one use to mount or view/extract the system.img file in Windows since I tried Daemon Tools lite but it didn't work see the contents of the file. Thanks!
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I didn't have much luck in Windows but Nandroid Manager (sorry I can't post Playstore links I'm a noob) allows you to look inside Nandroid backups (including TWRP 2.5 backups which don't work with Titanium Backup, so far at least). I was able to look inside the compressed data.ext4 and extract individual files. If your backup is compressed it will take a little bit of time, so keep that in mind.

Actually, I'm not trying to look inside Nandroid backups but rather the system.img from this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439
As for the OTA update, it will fail unless the stock apk's are what came with the ROM instead of the most current version from Google Play Store.

Almighty2 said:
Actually, I'm not trying to look inside Nandroid backups but rather the system.img from this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439
As for the OTA update, it will fail unless the stock apk's are what came with the ROM instead of the most current version from Google Play Store.
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Gotcha, sorry I misunderstood. Why don't you create a backup and then just restore your system to complete using the Droid Razr HD Utility so you can get the new radio drivers, etc. and then just restore your backup?

That's a good idea but wouldn't restoring Droid RAZR HD Utility and then restoring the nandroid backup just overwrite all the apk's with the ones from my backup again?
Actually the last time before I ran Droid RAZR HD, I did create a nandroidbackup using CWM but I remember while I did it in May, it had a date/timestamp for April so I'm worried if I did a nandroidbackup, it will just overwrite that one as it's not using the current date/time for some reason. Does nandroidbackup backup the radio as well because I did modify that to work with AT&T/T-Mobile even though I use Verizon Wireless.