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I've searched a dozen different ways to try to read up on this but can't find a thread, I don't want to make a custom rom just copy mine as setup to another epic. If this is easily found could someone just point out the correct search terms. I thought to put this in development but the question seemed to general.
kiab115 said:
I've searched a dozen different ways to try to read up on this but can't find a thread, I don't want to make a custom rom just copy mine as setup to another epic. If this is easily found could someone just point out the correct search terms. I thought to put this in development but the question seemed to general.
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About the only way I could think of doing so would be to go into your clockworkmod folder and copy the backup you have there and move that to the same folder of the other phone and try restoring that. Not sure if it would work being the google accounts/contacts and whatever else.
Just make a nandroid backup. Take the sd card out of the original epic, root your new epic using one click 3.0.0.6, boot into clockwork And then click on backup and restore and restore the nandroid backup you made. Not sure if it'll work, but I would assume it would.
It should work, you may hit an MD5 mismatch and you'd have to copy the MD5 file from a backup on the new phone to the old backup but it will probably be fine.
And make sure you flash a kernel that is ext4 compatable!
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Thanks for the reply's, I did try to take the backup folders (3 in all) and copy them to the new phone, but I did get an md5 mismatch. I need to do this for 30+ company phones so I'm looking for the easiest way to get all the apps and layouts we want to each phone.
Lol, I think you better start changing MD5 instead of posting. Thats a lot of phones!!
Do a nandroid backup and backup everything using my backup root and wipe then put sd in new epic flash cwm3 let it convert to ext4 if that's what you were on otherwise use cwm2.5 and restore the system from cwm only boot up into system go to market log in download my backup root and restore all with that. If it can't find ur backup it sometimes makes an "SD" folder on the sd card itself
Edit: if md5 is mismatched just use any rom zip like srf or bonsai as the system backup is basically just a rom the mybackuproot holds all the app data and phone data
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qbking77 said:
Just make a nandroid backup. Take the sd card out of the original epic, root your new epic using one click 3.0.0.6, boot into clockwork And then click on backup and restore and restore the nandroid backup you made. Not sure if it'll work, but I would assume it would.
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This is how you do it. Yes and like mentioned, flash a EXT4 kenel
Make an odin tar... way easier not to mention quicker on a mass scale, and more reliable. I made a post detailing how.
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chris41g said:
Make an odin tar... way easier not to mention quicker on a mass scale, and more reliable. I made a post detailing how.
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I read threw those post to see if anyone suggested this,atleast it didnt get to a couple pages...
+1 on the odin.tar,way easier.
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Mods please make this sticky.
Before anyone flashes any custom rom further, be sure to back up your
/efs folder somewhere on your PC.
The /efs folder is a hidden folder. You wont be able to see it using a usual file explorer e.g astro. You will need to be root to do so using root explorer for e.g.
This is something found sticky in the galaxy s forums and unfortunately for some of us it is coming too late.
The backup might come handy anytime if ever you mess up your own with custom rom flashing.
Thanks
Edit: just for you to understand the situation, by messing up i mean where product code and imei of the phone gets changed to a fail-safe one and even nandroid backups are of no help.
What exactly is in /efs that we need to back up?
I actually have already flashed one rom and after that I could not make or receive phone calls. I ended up calling Sprint and after about an hour of tinkering on their end they got it working. Would this be due to something missing in the /efs folder?
Everything concerning ur hardware info in short. Bluetooth, mac number, imei, ....
Many of us have got this tampeted with and unfortunately we had no clue it was something important( despite numerous threads in the i9000 forums warning users of this and nobody had backups) ,
there is no fix yet.
Check the nexussense forum for more details.
But do make a backup please.
After that whole incident I downloaded Samsung's Reflash tool and restored my phone back to stock.
Since then I have reflashed a custom kernel, but so far all is well. What exactly should be in the /efs folder as far as files.
My /efs folder has
Code:
imei>bt.txt
uart_path
bluetooth>bt_addr
nv.log
lost+found
Could you tell me if I am missing anything. I checked my MEID by typing *#06# and it matches what I have on the box.
EDIT: the bt.txt file int he imei folder does not have my MEID in it. Is it suppose to be in there?
I just copied and pasted a back up using root explorer to my sd card. I am on miui NS4G when doing this should I be on a stock rom?
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seekis said:
After that whole incident I downloaded Samsung's Reflash tool and restored my phone back to stock.
Since then I have reflashed a custom kernel, but so far all is well. What exactly should be in the /efs folder as far as files.
My /efs folder has
Code:
imei>bt.txt
uart_path
bluetooth>bt_addr
nv.log
lost+found
Could you tell me if I am missing anything. I checked my MEID by typing *#06# and it matches what I have on the box.
EDIT: the bt.txt file int he imei folder does not have my MEID in it. Is it suppose to be in there?
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Did you have a backup? Also where on samsung's site is and how to use it please? And is there one that will work on nexus s?
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Isnt this something that only gets messed with if you use someone elses Nandroid?
A custom rom doesnt normally mess with that folder, i thought...
Anyway, i have a Nandroid of my phone from before i flashed anything to it, so i assume im covered with that.
Can the OP please post a method to do the back up before making it a sticky tab?
Pointless to make it sticky and we still had to find the way to back up ourself. LOL
window7 said:
Can the OP please post a method to do the back up before making it a sticky tab?
Pointless to make it sticky and we still had to find the way to back up ourself. LOL
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Agree even though it is pretty easy with Root Explorer. Just go to the root of the phone and find the folder called "efs". Long press the folder and choose copy. Go to the "sdcard" and paste it. I also suggest connecting your phone to your computer and save the "efs" folder to your computer somewhere you'll be able to find it.
An alternative to root explorer, you can use IO file manager (I think it works)/
From this thread ADB is also very easy.
Open a terminal emulator or ADB on your computer and type
su
busybox cp -a /efs /sdcard/
back up the file on your computer and you're done
AshsToAshs said:
Isnt this something that only gets messed with if you use someone elses Nandroid?
A custom rom doesnt normally mess with that folder, i thought...
Anyway, i have a Nandroid of my phone from before i flashed anything to it, so i assume im covered with that.
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Nandroid doesn't touch this folder, it seems. Best to make a backup on your own to be safe.
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Did you have a backup? Also where on samsung's site is and how to use it please? And is there one that will work on nexus s?
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I did not have a previous back up. I pulled mine from my phone with adb. I have no idea about your other questions.
window7 said:
Can the OP please post a method to do the back up before making it a sticky tab?
Pointless to make it sticky and we still had to find the way to back up ourself. LOL
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If you already have adb, just do this:
Code:
adb pull /efs
seekis said:
I did not have a previous back up. I pulled mine from my phone with adb. I have no idea about your other questions.
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You said you used Samsung reflash tool. I was wondering where I can download it and how to use it
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seekis said:
If you already have adb, just do this:
Code:
adb pull /efs
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I already flashed sense 0.3 and didn't backup
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im still trying to figure out what exactly is getting messed with as the OP did not describe why we needed to back up this folder and or what could be messed up if we don't.
Any info would be great.
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I already flashed sense 0.3 and didn't backup
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well try it anyway and see what you get...i already flashed a different rom too, but the folder was still there
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im still trying to figure out what exactly is getting messed with as the OP did not describe why we needed to back up this folder and or what could be messed up if we don't.
Any info would be great.
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Look at this thread here. People are losing their IMEI number and is resulting in no service. If you back up the efs folder, it saves this information in case it happens to you.
I pulled it to my sdcard and computer. The imei folder is empty. I don't see a txt file and the bin files are all weird coding
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Zehlek said:
I pulled it to my sdcard and computer. The imei folder is empty. I don't see a txt file and the bin files are all weird coding
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Yeah, I just finally looked at my imei folder that I saved to my computer and it only has one bt.txt file...
Hi
Need a little help, deleted my systemui.apk & now my phone constantly gives me a force close notice related to this. I had backup up the file on my SD card before the erroneous deletion.
Anyway, is there anyway to push the backed up systemUI.apk back to the system/app folder on the phone without flashing my whole firmware again.
Also am on 2.3.3 rooted with locked bootloader hence wouldn't want to repeat the root process.
Cheers
TanMak said:
Hi
Need a little help, deleted my systemui.apk & now my phone constantly gives me a force close notice related to this. I had backup up the file on my SD card before the erroneous deletion.
Anyway, is there anyway to push the backed up systemUI.apk back to the system/app folder on the phone without flashing my whole firmware again.
Also am on 2.3.3 rooted with locked bootloader hence wouldn't want to repeat the root process.
Cheers
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Cant you use root explorer to put the file back?
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Try using adb.
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Thanks for the prompt response chaps ... The phone would not move from the force close screen. Was planning on flash but got pre-occupied for about a half hour & when i returned to the phone it was on the home screen although with 0.7inches from the top missing. Anyway i eventually sorted it through root explorer, rebooted & all's well
Cheers
I can't seem to find my nandroid back ups. Usually they stay in the clockwork mod folder on the SD card. I do remember reading that they were moved to another directory somewhere. If anyone can help I will thank accordingly.
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In 4.2.x they will be in /data/media/clockworkmod but you can only view them using a root explorer. I posted some screenshots on how to find them with ES File Explorer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38857026&postcount=18
Hi,
Take a look at /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup or /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
EDIT: too slow
I'm going to steal this thread and ask... How do you access these backups from the PC though?
OK so I found the files but I can't delete them and ROM manager says they aren't there. What am I doing wrong? Need to delete these nandroids for space.
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NEVERMIND. GOT IT FIGURED OUT. PLEASE CLOSE.....
Was about to say delete them using what I posted before or delete them when in CWM
I am on 4.4.2, rooted, goldeneye26 rom.
I am an idiot, I backed up everything with TB, but before I got around to copying it to my computer, I formated my sdcard because it was having issues
I removed some bloatware and now my phone does not rotate anymore. The issue seems to be tied to the samsung hub being removed
I found this thread, but for a different device, I tried the idea mentioned, getting a file from the rom's zip and moving it to the device, but it did not work for me. ( I was able to move it by getting write permission )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644293
There is a post later on in there that has a download to a zip file...the zip file contains a library file like in the first link, but also has a META-INF folder with a couple files, I could not find this folder on my phone, could this be something I clash with safestrap since it is a zip?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51629022&postcount=23
No one? Figure I'll at least try one bump in the hopes that someone who might have an idea might see it.
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No one? Figure I'll at least try one bump in the hopes that someone who might have an idea might see it.
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The META-inf will not be on your phone. In it is what tells the zip file what to do. It is flashable on your phone but I don't know of it will work or not.
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It did not work, guess I'll look into manual rotation options, hopefully I can find something. Don't feel like reflashing my rom
I had the same problem before and goldeneye used to have a rotation fix in the add ons section that fixed it I still have the zip on my phone if you need it.
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