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Should i backup root directory?

hey guys do i need to backup root directory ?
does nandroid backups root directory's folders?
thank you

Nandroid back ups back up the entire rom......

ancilary said:
hey guys do i need to backup root directory ?
does nandroid backups root directory's folders?
thank you
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nandroid backs up system, data and chache !
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[Q] How can I repair a corrupted /efs?

Well, I have installed XB3 for I9003 and I have no signal. I have a copy of the original EFS directory but it seems it is corrupted because Root explorer doesn`t let me overwrite it. If I flash with a stock Rom with Phone EFS clear, do I solve my problem?
Thank you for your help.
Bye

In root explorer use R/W instead on R/O to copy the folder otherwise try nitrality to restore efs....
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[Q] Some questions about the EFS folder

Hey, I'm new to flashing ROMs. I've heard that backing up your efs is important, so I made a backup using TWRP, and copied the efs folder using ES File Manager to my SD card, and then to my computer. Will I be able to restore the imei and other things by either using TWRP or copying the efs folder back to the root of the phone? Just a question.

Unless you specifically selected EFS as part of TWRP backup - no, you won't.
If you did select EFS for backup in TWRP - yes, you will.

Thanks for clearing that up!

[Q] Galaxy ACE Plus EFS Backup

How to take backup of EFS partition of Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (H=GT-S7500)? The KTool by Hellcat is incompatible and I could not backup it using EFS professional. What should I do?

supercfc said:
How to take backup of EFS partition of Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (H=GT-S7500)? The KTool by Hellcat is incompatible and I could not backup it using EFS professional. What should I do?
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try the efs backup tool by xenon92 on the playstore

Easiest way to backup efs is just download root browser from play store locate efs folder in root browser and move that folder into ur SD card or wherever u want
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Am I the only one who doesn't have efs folder on my phone? Runing CM10.2.

Search the folder in root browser
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I opened Root Explorer and put in search "efs" and it didn't found any folders named efs.

I can see efs in root folder using E S File Explorer, but when I open efs folder ES says it is empty?
Should there have been something in the efs folder?

Backup the phone questions

Hello,
My old phone had a SD Card, Nexus 5 not. So my backup process doesn't work any more. I used to make a backup with CWM. I then mounted the SD Card in CWM so I could copy all my data and the CWM backup. If I wanted to install a new ROM I just deleted complete SD card and copy new ROM for installation on it...
Now I have installed TWR. In TWR I can't mount the internal storage to USB. So I have to boot to Android and then copy data from internal storage to my computer. But I can't copy all the data to my computer because it stops the copy process in order of a copy failure. I think I can't copy some data because they are used/opened by system or something like that.
How do you backup your whole phone?

You can use the Nexus Root Toolkit. You can do a Nandroid backup and much more. NRT will boot into recovery, make the backup and copy the backup to your PC, after booting normally.
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wim69 said:
You can use the Nexus Root Toolkit. You can do a Nandroid backup and much more. NRT will boot into recovery, make the backup and copy the backup to your PC, after booting normally.
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Great! I'll try that. Thanks a lot!

Myphoneexplorer can be usefully too, even when you are not rooted
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