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[Q] RSD Without Wiping Data

Is there any way that we could remove a line or delete something out the script so that it doesn't clear data when running sbf. Friend needs help to unroot and get the kitkat update without wiping data. They are already on 9.30.1, just need to lose root and update. Thanks and have a great day.
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Yes, basically RSD Lite only wipes the user data with this line in the XML:
Code:
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata" />
If you have it in your file, just delete it and the user data in this partition should stay untouched. But you never know, so better have a backup anyway.

lem22 said:
Yes, basically RSD Lite only wipes the user data with this line in the XML:
Code:
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata" />
If you have it in your file, just delete it and the user data in this partition should stay untouched. But you never know, so better have a backup anyway.
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Thank you a lot, ill be sure to test it.
Sent from my Droid Incredible 4G LTE

I can confirm this works, thank you!
Sent from my Dell Venue 8

[Q] Permissions broken

Hi!
I have S4 I9505 with KitKat 4.4.2
I tried to fix writing to external storage for all apps as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687734
I modified the file, restarted phone.. and now I have no internet, no wireless, no bluetooh, I cannot see my storage (neither internal or sd card), mz pc wont recognize the storages... I cannot make any backup, because I cannot write to any storage..
And, no, I haven"t done any backup of that file...
I tried to reedit but no succes...
Maybe someone can upload the original file?
Or do you have any suggestions?

eltigre4jc said:
Hi!
I have S4 I9505 with KitKat 4.4.2
I tried to fix writing to external storage for all apps as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687734
I modified the file, restarted phone.. and now I have no internet, no wireless, no bluetooh, I cannot see my storage (neither internal or sd card), mz pc wont recognize the storages... I cannot make any backup, because I cannot write to any storage..
And, no, I haven"t done any backup of that file...
I tried to reedit but no succes...
Maybe someone can upload the original file?
Or do you have any suggestions?
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you need to set permission to rw-/r--/-r--
make sure you only edit
<permission
name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
>
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
add only <group gid="media_rw" /> as above and save
if you only done this edit to your platform.xml then proceed to set permission as below
1. open root explorer
2. goto system>etc>permisson and mount folder as R/W
3. long press on platform.xml click permission
4. check
owner read and write
group read
others read
and click ok and reboot your phone

[Q] System Permissions seemed to be messed up

Hey guys, I recently found out that my external SD card was not writable so I looked up how to fix this.
I found instructions to go into my platform.xml file in my system/etc/permissions folder
and added this line where instructed:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
I was doing this using ES File explorer and when I tried to save it, it said "Save Failed!". I closed the app and reopened the platform.xml file and my previous edit seemed to be still there.
This is where the issue begins:
After rebooting my phone, a bunch of popups start coming up on startup with the following "Unfortunately, [app] has stopped."
I figure that this might be a permissions screw up on my part. I am now unable to access many apps and when I open ES File Explorer again, it gives me the error: "Cannot Start Streaming Server" and it shows an empty folder for almost every directory.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. I have tried flashing CWM onto my phone as well but when I try to go into recovery mode, I get stuck on the screen where is displays Samsung Galaxy S5. As I was getting desperate, I was trying to factory reset but it doesn't seem like this is an option anymore seeing as I can't get into recovery mode. I am currently downloading the stock firmware and planning to flash that using Odin but I am hoping it doesn't come to that as well.
Model: S-G900H
EDIT: Just tried flashing stock firmware using odin and it is still no good. Desperate for any suggestions.
EDIT2: Factory Reset and its working now

Same problem with SGS4
Hello,
I faced the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S4. Factory reset solved the problem. However, it would be better if this could be avoided/solved without doing a reset.

any other solution?
have anyone found any other solution to this?
I don't wanna factory reset cuz all my apps, data, settings in internal sd and now i can't back it up cuz can't read it from my phone

Fastbooting ROM without erasing data

Earlier someone posted -In unzipped ROM folder right clck on file "flashfile.xml" open with Notepadn and delete this line (near the end) and save.
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata"/>
Tried it today during upgrade to February update. It still erased the data. One needs to also delete the following line line in the fastboot commands for it to work.
fastboot erase userdata

update firmware without losing data

I want to upgrade firmware from 6.0 to 7.0. there is a line in the command where it says erase data. Can I delete that command so that my data does not erase?

JulianCox said:
I want to upgrade firmware from 6.0 to 7.0. there is a line in the command where it says erase data. Can I delete that command so that my data does not erase?
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There are a few options for updating (Non-OTA)
RSD Lite (using Windows XP/7)
Remove This line from flash_file.xml using Notepad++ then save​
Code:
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata"/>
​LMSA (Update option or Rescue)
The update option does not wipe data​​Fastboot.exe
Just do not use this command​
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
​LMSA is the easiest option if you have a Windows PC

sd_shadow said:
There are a few options for updating (Non-OTA)
RSD Lite (using Windows XP/7)
Remove This line from flash_file.xml using Notepad++ then save​
Code:
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata"/>
​LMSA (Update option or Rescue)
The update option does not wipe data​​Fastboot.exe
Just do not use this command​
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
​LMSA is the easiest option if you have a Windows PC
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thanks mate