Hello all, thanks for your time.
I have a quick question that I couldn't find an answer to on these forums or anywhere online. The problem I'm having is making a backup of my /efs file. I attempted to post this in the Q&A sticky post but it wouldn't let me, due to not having enough posts. Anyways, on to the question/problem:
I want to backup my /efs file, but I can't seem to find a way. All the apps I have tried don't recognize my device ( Galaxy Note II SGH i317 ) and EFS Pro either finds an error in mismatching md5s or has an error "accessing archives." I should have backed this up before I rooted and flashed CleanROM 5.0, but as they say, hindsight is 20/20. Anyways, my question is how do I manually copy the file? Most posts I have read hint at this being an option, but a noob like me doesn't even know how to get to the file in the directory. Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially a guide through the directory to the file.
Semi-related question: does a CWM recovery file backup the /efs? I've read conflicting information on this. Thanks again!
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Hey community, I have just picked up one of these tablets in the hopes that I can use it for some slick new ways of remote desktop and various other work/play related functions.
I've been reading the forums here for the G the past two straight days. I tried flashing my system to TnT 2.0 found on the forums by the one and only Roebeet, Alternate GTab Firmware - TnT Lite (stock based, adds the Marketplace), but I am having issues.
First off I'm wondering if when you say root do you mean inside the /sdcard folder? because that is where Windows 7 is defaulting me to when I mount the drive. This I feel is the cause of all my issues because I thought the update.zip and /recovery were supposed to be on root. Maybe I'm just confused and need some explanation.
If there is a thread I missed that explains all this for a newbie let me know.
Thanks XDA community!
grimsocks said:
Hey community, I have just picked up one of these tablets in the hopes that I can use it for some slick new ways of remote desktop and various other work/play related functions.
I've been reading the forums here for the G the past two straight days. I tried flashing my system to TnT 2.0 found on the forums by the one and only Roebeet, Alternate GTab Firmware - TnT Lite (stock based, adds the Marketplace), but I am having issues.
First off I'm wondering if when you say root do you mean inside the /sdcard folder? because that is where Windows 7 is defaulting me to when I mount the drive. This I feel is the cause of all my issues because I thought the update.zip and /recovery were supposed to be on root. Maybe I'm just confused and need some explanation.
If there is a thread I missed that explains all this for a newbie let me know.
Thanks XDA community!
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yes the root is what pops up when you mount it to the computer, just copy and paste. root means do not put in another folder just on /sdcard
I'm a newb here, but live in an AIX environment, so I hope to help.
System root is /
The onboard storage (16gb) is mounted as /sdcard
The user micro slot is mounted as /sdcard2 (side note: hoping I can get the vold.fstab to mount sdcard2 under sdcard)
I believe from reading through the TnTLight thread, that you want to put the files under /sdcard, not system root.
Somebody will correct me in short order I am sure.
TeamSpeed said:
I'm a newb here, but live in an AIX environment, so I hope to help.
System root is /
The onboard storage (16gb) is mounted as /sdcard
The user micro slot is mounted as /sdcard2 (side note: hoping I can get the vold.fstab to mount sdcard2 under sdcard)
I believe from reading through the TnTLight thread, that you want to put the files under /sdcard, not system root.
Somebody will correct me in short order I am sure.
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That's correct. Root is / but you want the upgrade files and folders in the /sdcard directory.
Ok thank you all for tha clarification. I am following the direction correctly then. I have placed the two files into the correct 'root' directory and when I hold down power and volume ^ it does start to run the flash, but then it simply shows me the ! in the triangle and restarts. When I go in to look for the files I put there they aren't there.
Should I try and just use Clockworkmod? Or maybe someone who isn't a programmer has made this work and has some more helpful hints. I am in this communities debt as I really want this to be a cool tool/toy for me but if I can't do what I need to I'll bring it back.
grimsocks said:
Ok thank you all for tha clarification. I am following the direction correctly then. I have placed the two files into the correct 'root' directory and when I hold down power and volume ^ it does start to run the flash, but then it simply shows me the ! in the triangle and restarts. When I go in to look for the files I put there they aren't there.
Should I try and just use Clockworkmod? Or maybe someone who isn't a programmer has made this work and has some more helpful hints. I am in this communities debt as I really want this to be a cool tool/toy for me but if I can't do what I need to I'll bring it back.
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Did you unzip the file you downloaded from the link here? So that you have both an update.zip file and a recovery folder? Sometimes people just rename the downloaded file update.zip and put it on their sdcard, and then get the exclamation point. The download file needs to be extracted first, to give you an update.zip file and a recovery folder, which you then copy to /sdcard (which will look like the root directory when browsing in Windows).
Great question Jacindc, and yes I have extracted the 2 files update.zip and /recovery to the root of my tablet. I am trying to remove and set my G back to some factory base to try this process again. Let me ask you a question in return. Can i use the built in ES file explorer for this process or should I use Astro or does it not matter?
Also what are these files? DiskCacheIndex11214.tmp I have several of them in root and I'm not sure if they are from my mess ups or what.
Ok update, I've found a /mnt dir on the root and inside there are duplicate folders that exist on root such as /sdcard, /sdcard2, /asec, /secure and /usbdisk....I'm confused why there is this duplication. I guess I must confess I attempted to root the G using; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843376 but when I tried to then run Titanium backup it would say no root access and I didn't see the superuser app in the drawer like I did on my Moto droid when I rooted that.
Wondering if I should try a complete wipe and type using the vanilla loader found on the forums...another question, does Windows 7 recognize your device as an Nvidia Harmony?
Last edit/update for tonight me thinks...it would seem I've borked it pretty bad because I can't get the thing to copy any files over. It says I have in Windows, so I safely remove hardware, and then unmount and go look in the download dir or the root and nothing...so not sure what I did but lol I got this one I'll return it and get another to try again I guess.
How to install TNT Lite 2.0 or Cyamogen
Hi Everyone,
I just bought an Viewsonic G-Tablet with Android 2.2 and the latest update from the official site. I'm some kind of disappointed with the interface. From what I have read I can install other stuff on it with best and quicker interface.
I'm very familiar with PC & Mac's OS, but with the Android I feel like a dummy.
I would greatly appreciate if:
1-you tell me which one is better?
2-give me cleared & details instructions on how to do it.
Please do me this favor, because I feel like this tablet is a good tools and I wish to keep it.
Thanks in advance!
Most people are first installing CLOCKWORKSMOD RECOVERY and then putting TnT-Lite 2.X.X lately.
hello...
i've searched and searched and can't find the answer....
if some dev can please tell me how to get around this i'd be GREATLY thankful!
Problem: when i make a ROM, i want to change the Software number & Build number of the ROM. so i change them in the build.prop.
once i do that, i zip up the file, put it onto my SDcard, boot my phone into CWM Recovery.
then i try flashing the ROM. it fails.
never works.
always giving me an error about how it can't open the file (bad)
i read somewhere in another forum that to get around that, you have to modify the updater-script... but which lines do i modify?
please someone help, i'm stumped...
Hi all,
well, the heading says it all - I need to extract the text messages stored in my several ROM backups and maybe integrate them with my current ROM if possible. The backups were done with 4EXTrecovery
So far I found the info that these text messages are stored in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db - but how do I get to those inside the backups? Anyone here know a way to combine several of these files into one?
Any help greatly appreciated
i'm interresting too wait for any anwsers !
This question has been asked and answered many times, you can do a search to find many possible solutions.
If you have root and are comfortable playing around with the files, the file you listed is a simple sqlite database. You can extract it and merge it on a PC using an sqlite manager application. (Be sure not to duplicate any repeated messages!) Copy the merged file back to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/ and you're done!
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This question has been asked and answered many times, you can do a search to find many possible solutions.
If you have root and are comfortable playing around with the files, the file you listed is a simple sqlite database. You can extract it and merge it on a PC using an sqlite manager application. (Be sure not to duplicate any repeated messages!) Copy the merged file back to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/ and you're done!
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I'm glad I found this reply, but I got stuck at the stage where sqlitemanager asks me for a password as the data.yaffs2.img file is encrypted. My backup was performed using CWM backup and I figured that I'll find the "com.android.providers.telephony/databases/" under there but as I already said, I can't open the data.yaffs2.img to access "com.android.providers.telephony/databases/".
Please help
I too was wondering the same thing, that's awesome! I will give it a try...
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Hello,
I have a very strange situation with my device.
I was planning to manually backup my EFS folder (actually "efs") as per some manual backup tutorial I found around here, when I noticed that I have no .nv_data file. Apparently, there's no .nv_data or .nv_data.md5 on my device that I could find (rooted, using Android Terminal Emulator and the "find" command).
I looked around EFS, I copied EFS to my computer and looked some more.
However, the device seems to work fine otherwise.
Anyone can tell me whether this is normal? I was under the impression that this file is quite important in relation with IMEI and modem.
Thanks!
Nandoid B/U with TWRP. Seems to backup just fine, but (immediately) restore on the same device causes boot loops.
It looks like the backup filed are something like win000, win001, etc that are actually tar files.
I'm wondering if I got into terminal mode on TWRP, could I just extract the tar files to restore the partition?? I've always used tar to b/u and restore /data/media.
FWIW, the device is a Pixel 3a running android 11 and the version 11 compatible TWRP flash file.
Help if you can...... Thanks
Hi @Boowho 1234,
seems you have accidentially posted in the wrong forum. I have moved your question to the Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers forum.
regards
alecxs
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alecxs said:
Hi @Boowho 1234,
seems you have accidentially posted in the wrong forum. I have moved your question to the Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers forum.
regards
alecxs
moderator
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sorry......
You're welcome! Regarding your question. May you clarify why you want to extract tar files manually - did the restoring via TWRP menu not extract the files successfully? Usually TWRP would throw an Error code in that case, and you can always have a look into /tmp/recovery.log
alecxs said:
You're welcome! Regarding your question. May you clarify why you want to extract tar files manually - did the restoring via TWRP menu not extract the files successfully? Usually TWRP would throw an Error code in that case, and you can always have a look into /tmp/recovery.log
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Restoring using the TWRP restore option restored the files perfectly. But, upon rebooting back to SYSTEM just boot loops. No error code thrown, but I've not looked at recovery.log
It's probably because of one or more outdated files restored. try to delete this. you should also try to restore on formatted userdata partition (beware of / data/media = /sdcard is not included in backup)
/data/unencrypted
/data/misc/keystore
/data/misc/gatekeeper
/data/misc/vold
/data/system/locksettings.db*
You should ask TWRP maintainer to fix that issue.
I'm now using a Windows .bat file to backup ALL partitions on the device. It works great except throws errors on these two partitions : mmcblk0 and mmcblk0rpmb
I've read that these two partitions are not REALLY partitions at all, but are some sort of "special" files within the /dev/block directory.
The question is do I have a complete Nandroid back up without these two included?? Anyone??
Thanks