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HELP!!! I hope that I didn't brick my phone

Well, I entered the yellow "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!" and I started Odin v1.85 and pointed at the PIT file and the TAR file but... I forgot to uncheck the Re-partition checbox, so Odin didn't progress like it shows in the video.
I panicked, closed Odin (but didn't turn off the phone yet), started it again, tried this time with the Re-partition checbox unchecked but nothing works.
What do I do now?
Please help!
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OK, I waited and waited and lost my patience and decided to remove the battery, even it says "Do not turn off Target!!!"...
Then, I started Odin again, made sure "Re-Partition" is NOT checked (!!!) and pressed the START button (on Odin). The result:
So, the phone is back to life...
But... It looks exactly as before. Am I now supposed to find there something new?

You have been posting a crap load of new threads and such...
maybe try and keep everything you have to say to one thread, just change the title or something
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@trailblazer hes just a noob trying to get his 10 posts just try to ignore him
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I'm assuming you are trying for the clean ec07? If so, the onlything you just flashed was the modem and kernel. You need to put the 'ec07clean.zip' on the root of your sd card, and reboot int cwm (recomment 2.5 red from the thread), and apply the ec07 zip... can you get onto IRC. I'll walk ya through

Hold up, the battery has to be removed before you can do anything in Odin. Did I misunderstand, your battery was in while trying to Odin? It won't work with the battery installed.
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looks like he got the modem and kernel flashed, he just stopped before he flashed the actual rom itself...

Txwolf1980 said:
I'm assuming you are trying for the clean ec07? If so, the onlything you just flashed was the modem and kernel. You need to put the 'ec07clean.zip' on the root of your sd card, and reboot int cwm (recomment 2.5 red from the thread), and apply the ec07 zip... can you get onto IRC. I'll walk ya through
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Txwolf1980 said:
looks like he got the modem and kernel flashed, he just stopped before he flashed the actual rom itself...
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Reborn627 said:
Hold up, the battery has to be removed before you can do anything in Odin. Did I misunderstand, your battery was in while trying to Odin? It won't work with the battery installed.
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You were both correct - and @ciscogee is a genius. He managed to author the one and only tutorial that is detailed enough for n00bs like me. Thanks to him, I am now running ec07 (Android 2.2.2) on my SCH i400. Whew!
Thanks a million!

Can't boot into Clockwork Recovery

Hi guys,
So just received my Nexus 7, the device is rooted and i'm trying to flash clockworkmod to the device.
So far, i've tried both of the toolkits in the developement section, ROM Manager and also flashing the recovery through ADB with the images in the development section too...
With some of them, after selecting recovery from the bootloader, it just stays on the "Google" logo, on other, it just boots up.
The device has no issue's booting, it's just Clockwork that won't boot.
Any ideas please?
Thanks.

SWFlyerUK said:
Hi guys,
So just received my Nexus 7, the device is rooted and i'm trying to flash clockworkmod to the device.
So far, i've tried both of the toolkits in the developement section, ROM Manager and also flashing the recovery through ADB with the images in the development section too...
With some of them, after selecting recovery from the bootloader, it just stays on the "Google" logo, on other, it just boots up.
The device has no issue's booting, it's just Clockwork that won't boot.
Any ideas please?
Thanks.
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Have you rebooted into recovery after flashing and made it perminent? Otherwise the stock recovery will get flashed back (immediately)..
http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-7-root-unlock-bootloader-clockworkmod-recovery-cwm-100890/
Usually I temp boot CWM, but today I flashed it on both my GNex & Nexus7. Can easily go back to stock recovery if required...

Thanks for the link mate, hadn't seen that one before and indeed, CWM is now working.
Much appreciated.

SWFlyerUK said:
Thanks for the link mate, hadn't seen that one before and indeed, CWM is now working.
Much appreciated.
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No problem. When you exit CWM it tries to fix it anyway. Not sure if it just moves the file or what, but the key is to boot into CWM straight after flashing it (I made the same mistake this morning)..

I'm having the exact same issue...so If I re flash the Recovery as Markey Said will I lose the contents of my Internal memory or not?

hope this helps
MassiveDRS said:
I'm having the exact same issue...so If I re flash the Recovery as Markey Said will I lose the contents of my Internal memory or not?
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if your using cwm i found to boot into recovery you have to have the 7 plugged into your computer with the micro usb..i dont know why but it worked for me..are you using the side bottons to get into recovery..if so plugged the cable in first then try to enter recovery

Easiest way is grab quick boot from the play store and it will let u reboot to cwm.. As above said a pc is needed because of a bug.. U can also do it connected to a phone if u have otg cable
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or you can use ROM manager and reboot from there in cwm

capoooro said:
or you can use ROM manager and reboot from there in cwm
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That's what I do. Works great.
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kuczmad said:
if your using cwm i found to boot into recovery you have to have the 7 plugged into your computer with the micro usb..i dont know why but it worked for me..are you using the side bottons to get into recovery..if so plugged the cable in first then try to enter recovery
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Yup it is working now Thanx bro
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capoooro said:
or you can use ROM manager and reboot from there in cwm
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I already Know that
but I'm asking about the button combo approach because, it is very important ; in case you brick your device and you can't boot it and obviously you cant lauche rom manger

MassiveDRS said:
Yup it is working now Thanx bro
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I already Know that
but I'm asking about the button combo approach because, it is very important ; in case you brick your device and you can't boot it and obviously you cant lauche rom manger
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You can access CWM through the power, up, down method and choosing recovery mode.... the tablet MUST be plugged in though... at least for me it does. Running CWM6 Touch....

[HELP] My phone Stuck in Galaxy y Model screen..

Help my Phone stuck in Galaxy y model screen..
The power+volume up+home is not working?
How to fix this?
Is Anybody here encountered it?
After I Apply U.S.S.Rv5 rom it stuck in model screen??
If anyome help i will pay you via PAYPAL.. NOT JOKE! I will pay you..

Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 , download firmware for your location. Go to thread #2 and follow the steps, and then you will recover your phone.

1st switch off your phone,then start your phone by pressing volume down+menu+power buttons. if your phone shows a warning then relax. you can still flash your firmware via odin mode.
chose your firmware from docky73 thread here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 in that thread u will found how to flash via odin.
i dont need your donation,only one thanks will be enough for me,if u got help frm me.

Its kernel problem flash only kernel restore ur nandroid backup if u created......or flash stock firmware ........ Check dev section sticky thread....... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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manoranjan2050 said:
Its kernel problem flash only kernel restore ur nandroid backup if u created......or flash stock firmware ........ Check dev section sticky thread....... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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he is not able to go in the rfcovery mode.so how he will restore his backup??,,,,,:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
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hmahadi98 said:
he is not able to go in the rfcovery mode.so how he will restore his backup??,,,,,:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
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Read My Post .... First flash kernel ..if u created nandroid backup ..restore it.... :good::good:

Thats why reads the instructions carefully
Boot to cwm
Do data wipe and cache
Then flash the rom.zip
Wait till it done (dont reboot)
Choose advanced
Then reboot recovery
Do data wipe and cache again in this stock recovery
Reboot system
Wait till it boot first boot need time
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hmahadi98 said:
1st switch off your phone,then start your phone by pressing volume down+menu+power buttons. if your phone shows a warning then relax. you can still flash your firmware via odin mode.
chose your firmware from docky73 thread here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 in that thread u will found how to flash via odin.
i dont need your donation,only one thanks will be enough for me,if u got help frm me.
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I cant get to Recovery mode and download mode.. Its almost 30mins but nothing happens Im stuck in galaxy y Model Screen?

noscarl said:
I cant get to Recovery mode and download mode.. Its almost 30mins but nothing happens Im stuck in galaxy y Model Screen?
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if u can't go to download mode,than it is a Hard Brick. you should go to a nearest Samsung customer care or any good servicing center. you can't do nothing to fix your gy,just let them to fix it.
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evanlocked said:
Thats why reads the instructions carefully
Boot to cwm
Do data wipe and cache
Then flash the rom.zip
Wait till it done (dont reboot)
Choose advanced
Then reboot recovery
Do data wipe and cache again in this stock recovery
Reboot system
Wait till it boot first boot need time
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dude.don't you see, he can't even boot into recovery or in download then how he will boot into CWM??? did u invent any new method??
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hmahadi98 said:
if u can't go to download mode,than it is a Hard Brick. you should go to a nearest Samsung customer care or any good servicing center. you can't do nothing to fix your gy,just let them to fix it.
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dude.don't you see, he can't even boot into recovery or in download then how he will boot into CWM??? did u invent any new method??
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Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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evanlocked said:
Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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+1..

my also stuck like that but solution i did was (if want to install u.s.s.r v5):
go cwm
wipe catch and data
choose install from zip
choose u.s.s.r v5_evan.zip
after installation dont reboot
go in advance
select reboot recovery
than in stock recovery, wipe data and wipe cache
phone will turn on in u.s.s.r v 5 rom

noscarl said:
Help my Phone stuck in Galaxy y model screen..
The power+volume up+home is not working?
How to fix this?
Is Anybody here encountered it?
After I Apply U.S.S.Rv5 rom it stuck in model screen??
If anyome help i will pay you via PAYPAL.. NOT JOKE! I will pay you..
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hey bro,removed the sd card and the sim from your galaxy y.try if u can go to odin mode.if the odin mode appears flashed it thru odin with stockrom.

evanlocked said:
Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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ok,sorry bro... first u told to boot in cwm so i don't understand.
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Reflasing JB...

I updated to JB and rooted the device, but accidently deleted some system file, I was trying to reflash JB by going to Recovery mode and choose the JB ZIP file again like flashing from ICS but not success. Does anyone know what's the problem? I'm noob and also was searching all around but no success yet. ..
Pls helppppp ...

simpledave said:
I updated to JB and rooted the device, but accidently deleted some system file, I was trying to reflash JB by going to Recovery mode and choose the JB ZIP file again like flashing from ICS but not success. Does anyone know what's the problem? I'm noob and also was searching all around but no success yet. ..
Pls helppppp ...
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Maybe its not allowing it since it is already updated. You could revert to ICS then start over and that should do the trick.
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Yeah i'm downloading the Fastboot file 4.0.4 .. does anyone know how to do after that.. I'm reading forum but still have no idea how.. What to do with RDS ?

The fastboot file i downloaded is VZW_XT907_4.0.4-7.7.1Q-144_SMQ_S1-36-10_CFC.xml.zip with size of 650 MB .. I have no idea how to flash this one to downgrade my JB to ICS in order to come back to JB again.. Does anyone knows how to?

simpledave said:
The fastboot file i downloaded is VZW_XT907_4.0.4-7.7.1Q-144_SMQ_S1-36-10_CFC.xml.zip with size of 650 MB .. I have no idea how to flash this one to downgrade my JB to ICS in order to come back to JB again.. Does anyone knows how to?
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jntdroid said:
AP Fastboot - from powered off, hold down volume-up AND volume-down, then while holding those, press and hold the power button until you see a menu pop-up that's simply white text on a black background. Once that comes up, use volume-down to move down to AP Fastboot, and volume-up to select it. Then plug it into your computer, fire up rsdlite (6.1.4! ), open the file linked in the OP, and go!
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Note that this will wipe everything just in case you didn't know.
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yeah I already backup everything.. :|.. But still doesn't know how to do with RDS and this ZIP file.. is it as simple as just plugin the phone choose the file and run ?

simpledave said:
yeah I already backup everything.. :|.. But still doesn't know how to do with RDS and this ZIP file.. is it as simple as just plugin the phone choose the file and run ?
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Use RSD to reflash. Instructions: http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-restore-your-Motorola-DROID-RAZR-M-back-to-stock_id35580
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I tried the same but receive this message (getvar) i think someone also have this problem.. I'll put some research to see what's the problem.. but does anyone also know and have this problem ?

Just edited the xml to delete the getvar line... So far so good and now I'm in ICS... GREAT... Will post the full method soon..

tadgerloks said:
Remove the line with "getvar" and remove any line with OEM or var. It should be first long line and 3rd and last, if u get errors after then remove the line with "gptmain0.bin" should be line # 2
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Sorry messed up the quotes but yeah everything you need to know is under the fast boot thread in android development
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[Q] EFS: failed to mount - Still have IMEI

Hello guys,
I'm with a big problem here. This happens after I tried to change from TWRP recovery to PhilZ, flashing it in the recovery. When I was flashing the PhilZ, an error appeared on the screen (unable no mount efs, or something like that) and I rebooted the phone.
After rebooting, I saw that it was in the Factory Mode (grey box, with yellow words) and, trying to fix it, I figured out that my EFS folder is empty.
I tried many things that I found here in XDA, but nothing happens because my phone is not mounting the efs folder, so I can't modify the files.
I still have IMEI, I'm able to make phone calls and everything else. My only problem is that the phone is in this Factory Mode and my EFS folder can not be mounted. I tried to make the backup of the folder some times, without success.
I reflashed TWRP and I tried to make a backup of the efs folder on it, but it says that the folder has 0mb and give this message: E: unable to mount '/efs'
So, I found this this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359323
Now I have a backup of the efs folder, made by this app, but I don't know what I am supposed to do to mount the efs partition again.
Can someone help me?
I'm with stock rom, rooted and have busybox installed.
Thank you very much!

Lucas_Skyline said:
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So, I found this this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359323
Now I have a backup of the efs folder, made by this app, but I don't know what I am supposed to do to mount the efs partition again.
Can someone help me?
I'm with stock rom, rooted and have busybox installed.
Thank you very much!
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That app will not help you at all you might want to try to Odin back to stock and see if that helps it sounds like you're e EFS folder got erased in the process which holds a lot of very important information maybe if you odin back to stock that will help but no guarantees
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jthrasher47 said:
That app will not help you at all you might want to try to Odin back to stock and see if that helps it sounds like you're e EFS folder got erased in the process which holds a lot of very important information maybe if you odin back to stock that will help but no guarantees
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I'm downloading the stock now, and will try ASAP.
Also, I found that a guy solved this problem in a galaxy Tab 10.1.
kailehu said:
After over 24 hours of work, I found the solution. For others with efs mount failure and factory mode/no lock screen issue:
1. After root, install Busybox.
2. If your efs folder is empty like mine was, you can't follow most of the other guides. To fix this, I followed beechlj2's suggestion for Terminal Emulator:
su
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
reboot
This forced efs to mount and restored the contents of my efs folder (using the generic imei).
3. Using the pit file android_fastboot_emmc_full_p4_16g_32g.pit and Honeycomb stock, reflash and repartition in Odin. When I rebooted I received another error that data failed to mount, the next step fixes this.
4. Boot into stock recovery and Factory Reset.
I am not an expert. I don't know if this will work for your tablet and I'm not suggesting you follow my steps without expert opinion; that's your decision. This solved the issue for me, I hope it helps.
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I tried it in the S4 but I got an error that the terminal was not able to find mke2fs, so probably it is another location on the S4.
Does anyone know something about it?
Thank you!

Lucas_Skyline said:
I'm downloading the stock now, and will try ASAP.
Also, I found that a guy solved this problem in a galaxy Tab 10.1.
I tried it in the S4 but I got an error that the terminal was not able to find mke2fs, so probably it is another location on the S4.
Does anyone know something about it?
Thank you!
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I do not know if this will help you at this point but if you happen to get it back I highly recommend you use this and make a backup and keep it handy on your computer in case this happens again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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jthrasher47 said:
I do not know if this will help you at this point but if you happen to get it back I highly recommend you use this and make a backup and keep it handy on your computer in case this happens again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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I tried, but it gives me an error about the efs too.

Lucas_Skyline said:
I'm downloading the stock now, and will try ASAP.
Also, I found that a guy solved this problem in a galaxy Tab 10.1.
I tried it in the S4 but I got an error that the terminal was not able to find mke2fs, so probably it is another location on the S4.
Does anyone know something about it?
Thank you!
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The efs partitions are not always in the same location on different devices. The mmcbl....is the partition location. You're lucky if it only failed when trying to write to it. Worst case, you permanently bricked your device. I know enough to be dangerous, unfortunately not enough to help you in your situation.
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If it we're me, I'd Odin back to stock and hope for the best.

jd1639 said:
The efs partitions are not always in the same location on different devices. The mmcbl....is the partition location. You're lucky if it only failed when trying to write to it. Worst case, you permanently bricked your device. I know enough to be dangerous, unfortunately not enough to help you in your situation.
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If it we're me, I'd Odin back to stock and hope for the best.
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I flashed a stock pre-rooted room that I had here (I9505XXUBMGA-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.tar), no changes so far.
And now, what should I do? :crying:

Lucas_Skyline said:
I flashed a stock pre-rooted room that I had here (I9505XXUBMGA-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.tar), no changes so far.
And now, what should I do? :crying:
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Sorry about the double post, but what if I check re-partition in Odin? Will it do all the partitions again?
Thanks!

Nope. I have already tried on my device. The only thing I can run without any issues at all is Cyanogenmod roms.
Flashing stock firmware just brings factory mode back
You can remove the grey box easy enough by rooting and removing factory test .apk but the lockscreen and power menu are still missing.
It seems rare to be in this situation.
If I find a fix I'll definitely let you know!
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Obagleyfreer said:
Nope. I have already tried on my device. The only thing I can run without any issues at all is Cyanogenmod roms.
Flashing stock firmware just brings factory mode back
You can remove the grey box easy enough by rooting and removing factory test .apk but the lockscreen and power menu are still missing.
It seems rare to be in this situation.
If I find a fix I'll definitely let you know!
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In cyanogem roms, are you able to backup efs?