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Desire 3d Turn Bootanimation (Mirror added)

I created boot animations for Desire:
First: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS BRICKS YOUR PHONE
Download an rename it to "bootanimation.zip"
Push it via adb:
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/
adb shell reboot
Files deleted. Sry.

can we flash thru clockwork?

bradputt said:
can we flash thru clockwork?
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nope...
this is no flashable zip.
Just push it with adb or copy with a root-file-manager on your phone to /data/local

push it through cmd?

kmetek said:
push it through cmd?
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yes
like described above.
for easy use, u can also use my pc suite >>

my computer said
device not fond
help me

dlnraja said:
my computer said
device not fond
help me
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You need the drivers from HTC Sync. Install it and you will be fine with adb

just push it . very nice boot animation..
thank you to Che123.
hope to see more from u soon Che123

dlnraja said:
my computer said
device not fond
help me
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you need to have htc sync and android sdk installed.
its very easy you can find this guide on xda. just search it

thanks man, just pushed it into my phone.
awsome bootanimation!

Problem. I have a rooted Desire with Defrost ROM. When I go with astro file manager to \data there is nothing in this directory. I can not create a folder local or copy the bootanimation.zip to it

jjplayground said:
Problem. I have a rooted Desire with Defrost ROM. When I go with astro file manager to \data there is nothing in this directory. I can not create a folder local or copy the bootanimation.zip to it
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This is because /data is not mounted...
You have to go to recovery mode to mount & push.
You can also try the PC-Suite in my signature, which will do this all automatic

Che123 said:
This is because /data is not mounted...
You have to go to recovery mode to mount & push.
You can also try the PC-Suite in my signature, which will do this all automatic
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Thank, but I find it a quite scary ... I am a newbee.

jjplayground said:
Thank, but I find it a quite scary ... I am a newbee.
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That's why I propose my suite - for newbies
Just in case, you can make a nandroid backup before...

Che123 said:
That's why I propose my suite - for newbies
Just in case, you can make a nandroid backup before...
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How do I do that?

jjplayground said:
How do I do that?
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Do what? a backup?
you can directly do that with the rom manager...

Che123 said:
Do what? a backup?
you can directly do that with the rom manager...
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Yes a nandroid backup

jjplayground said:
Yes a nandroid backup
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Using rommanager or in the recovery - but this are simple beginner question. Maybe you should search this kind of questions first

jjplayground said:
Yes a nandroid backup
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Oke, choose backup rom from Rom Manager. It rebooted my phone, did a backup for:
Backing up boot,
Backing up recovery
Backing up system
Backing up data (took some time )
Backing up .android_secure
Backing up cache
Backing up sd-ext
Generating md5 sum
Reboot my phone. So now I have a nandroid backup from which I can always recover right?

jjplayground said:
Oke, choose backup rom from Rom Manager. It rebooted my phone, did a backup for:
Backing up boot,
Backing up recovery
Backing up system
Backing up data (took some time )
Backing up .android_secure
Backing up cache
Backing up sd-ext
Generating md5 sum
Reboot my phone. So now I have a nandroid backup from which I can always recover right?
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yes
now search for HTC sync and dowload and install it on your pc ( if you haven't got it yet)
there are the drivers you need.
Then download my suite and extract it. download this bootanimatio, rename it to bootanimation.zip and place it in /data/bootanimation in my suite.
Now start the suite and follow the instructions

Help me to recover my IMEI (nv_data.bin)

I tried to delete nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 in order to recover original version from .nv_data.bak and .nv_data.bak.md5 after reboot but failed.
Firstly I remounted efs partition with -w flag:
Code:
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs
First file've been deleted but for second message 'read-only system' shows up. And when i unmount and then mount again first file appears again.
I tried to do these from terminal emulator, adb shell from booted phone and in recovery mode (with CF4 installed).
My firmware version XWKE7. I bought phone as sim free at clove.co.uk
Can anyone suggest what can i do?

From what I have read from the SGS forum if your efs folder is missing your imei your stuck, only thing to do is flash some stock FW from odin and return it, hope you can return it under warranty mate.
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wow, seriously unlucky try pushing it through adb?
EDIT: nevermind
try restoring & wiping everything, then rooting, then try and push it through adb ?

You could try the backup and restore efs post from dev section if you have not already .
jje

JJEgan said:
You could try the backup and restore efs post from dev section if you have not already .
jje
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Yes, but it only works if he backed up his efs folder before he lost his imei.
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Kstarz said:
Yes, but it only works if he backed up his efs folder before he lost his imei.
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I know but may be more help their than elsewhere .
Restore IMEI post on SGS1 forum from memory as well .
Lost mine on SGS1 but a simple stock rom install restored it .
jje

[Q] efs folder empty, 'E: unable to mount /efs' error

So I think I lost the efs files while flashing cm10.2. I do have it backed up in my stock rom,but I can't restore it because of a 'E: unable to mount /efs' error in twrp. I still have my IMEI, can make calls and sms, but the efs folder is empty according to root browser, es file manager and twrp. What can I do to fix the unable to mount /efs thing? Thanks!
EDIT: I'm using a GT-i9505

If you don't succeed otherwise flash full stock rom with PIT and restore your backup. Backup internal sd first.
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Try to remount it in t w r p there's an option for that
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

laststandingdroid said:
try to remount it in t w r p there's an option for that
sent from my gt-i9505 using tapatalk 4
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i did but i failed miserably

I wonder if you can take your backed up efs folder and push it back onto the phone with adb??

Or, download EFS12.tar file then flash it, you done.

thatsupnow said:
I wonder if you can take your backed up efs folder and push it back onto the phone with adb??
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HOW

exprxp said:
Or, download EFS12.tar file then flash it, you done.
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Honestly, too complicated for me... I've never even touched adb command before

Cheremy said:
Honestly, too complicated for me... I've never even touched adb command before
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Open Odin3 v4 program then choose efs12.tar file then click Start. Phone must be set into Download Mode.

exprxp said:
Open Odin3 v4 program then choose efs12.tar file then click Start. Phone must be set into Download Mode.
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So... you just flash it and everything's back to normal? No risks? According to this thread it seems more complicated than what you described...

Cheremy said:
So... you just flash it and everything's back to normal? No risks? According to this thread it seems more complicated than what you described...
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That is not for I9505, for I9505 u can clear EFS without risk. The problem is you already have a couupted EFS file, so no point to backup it.

exprxp said:
That is not for I9505, for I9505 u can clear EFS without risk. The problem is you already have a couupted EFS file, so no point to backup it.
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huh clear efs without risks?

guys ii have a i9505 and efs folder empy,, suggest me what do please

Fire HD 8 recovery

So im working on trying to get twrp up on the HD 8 but i need a backup of someones elses recovery. Its located at /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

Update please if you have root, go to adb then type adb shell and then su. after that just run this command dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/storage/sdcard1/recovery.img, if you want it to go somewhere else then just change the part that says storage/sdcard1(for example if you want it to go to the device storage then just remove the 1) the recovery image should then be on your sd card. please then attach or send the recovery image to me. Thank you

Hi, please find attached the recovery file!

coopmaster said:
Update please if you have root, go to adb then type adb shell and then su. after that just run this command dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/storage/sdcard1/recovery.img, if you want it to go somewhere else then just change the part that says storage/sdcard1(for example if you want it to go to the device storage then just remove the 1) the recovery image should then be on your sd card. please then attach or send the recovery image to me. Thank you
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Hi, please find attached the recovery file!

schr01 said:
Hi, please find attached the recovery file!
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Thank you so much. I needed that so I can compare also because I changed mine and I should have backed it up first.

Any luck on compiling twrp?

madsc13n41s4 said:
Any luck on compiling twrp?
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would not matter, there is no way to use it
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coopmaster said:
So im working on trying to get twrp up on the HD 8 but i need a backup of someones elses recovery. Its located at /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
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How die you Figure Out where located?

thebrainkafka said:
How die you Figure Out where located?
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i think i was following some link i found that explains where the recovery normally is. PM if you want to talk more about it.

[needed]persist backup of moto g5 plus which is not bricked yet

Hey guys as you know that we are able to get back volte successfully in Moto g5 plus by restoring PERSIST BACKUP.
So I think MAYBE persist partition got corrupted during flashing back stock.
But that backup is from MOTO G4 PLUS ,and some user facing a problem that whenever they reboot volte and imei again gone,and Everytime they have to restore efs (maybe because of that persist partition)so I am requesting you ,can someone please pull out persist backup of STOCK MOTO G5 PLUS WITH WORKING VOLTE (OR G5 PLUS WHICH IS NOT BRICKED YET).
I AM ATTACHING A TWRP FOR TAKING BACKUP WHICH IS MADE BY DEVELOPER.
SO YOU HAVE TO JUST GO IN TO BACKUP AND TAKE BACKUP OF PERSIST PARTITION
You can download twrp from below link.
https://potterroms.ddns.net/TWRP/twrp-3.2.1-1-potter_persist.img
I am not responsible for any brick/damage caused during you taking backu

Alright, so I got a Persist backup using the partition backup & restore app. I don't use VoLTE, but my IMEI hasn't become zero. I'm on Oreo. It's saved as a .img file. If this is helpful I'll upload the file. @akshu2697

thedr34m13 said:
Alright, so I got a Persist backup using the partition backup & restore app. I don't use VoLTE, but my IMEI hasn't become zero. I'm on Oreo. It's saved as a .img file. If this is helpful I'll upload the file. @akshu2697
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I would definitely love to give it a go. I've had to restore my EFS every reboot since I tried installing Pixel Experience. I'd love to not have to remember anymore!
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thedr34m13 said:
Alright, so I got a Persist backup using the partition backup & restore app. I don't use VoLTE, but my IMEI hasn't become zero. I'm on Oreo. It's saved as a .img file. If this is helpful I'll upload the file. @akshu2697
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Yes,it will be helpful,can you please upload that file.?

akshu2697 said:
Yes,it will be helpful,can you please upload that file.?
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There you go.

thedr34m13 said:
There you go.
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i will try ,
thank you so much brother

akshu2697 said:
i will try ,
thank you so much brother
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No problem. Happy to help. If there's a way to get a better backup, tell me and I'll try.

thedr34m13 said:
No problem. Happy to help. If there's a way to get a better backup, tell me and I'll try.
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sorry brother ,
i tried your backup,but this backup isn't working,
we need twrp persist backup as i have posted on the thread of volte.

akshu2697 said:
sorry brother ,
i tried your backup,but this backup isn't working,
we need twrp persist backup as i have posted on the thread of volte.
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Not sure how to backup persist in twrp. Couldn't find instructions anywhere. If you find instructions, tell me and I'll upload the backup.

thedr34m13 said:
Not sure how to backup persist in twrp. Couldn't find instructions anywhere. If you find instructions, tell me and I'll upload the backup.
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sure,i'll do

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With a lot of research, I was able to dump the persist partition using adb. My dump will do no good, as I have only been able to get persist back by OP's method. We need someone to dump who has not flashed an oreo rom. Ok, that being said, here is how.
Make sure your phone is rooted.
Make sure usb debugging is enabled.
Boot phone into recovery.
Open adb with phone connected to pc.
Code:
adb devices
You should see your device listed.
Code:
adb shell
You should get ~# and something like a backward arrow [6N. That was mine yours may differ. If you have ~$ instead of ~# you are not rooted properly. If you used magisk you may have to add the sudo module.
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/platform/soc/7824900.sdhci/by-name
This will give you a list of all partitions. Look through them and find one described as persist. Mine was this:
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 1970 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
We are interested in the address /dev/block/mmcblk0p30.
We need to type in
Code:
dd if=/yourMountingPoint of=/yourDestination/partitionType
where /yourMounting point is the persist address, if like mine /dev/block/mmcblk0p30. /your destination will be where you want to save it, and partition type should be persist.img.
My command was this
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 of=/external_sd/persist.img
This will give us a proper persist .img file.

Here it is.
I clean flash stock rom (potter_NPNS25.137-93-4) before getting the persist file, was on crDroid 7.1 before. I don't know if volte is working because we don't have it on my country, but I never flashed Oreo before and never lost imei or 4g/lte, so it should be fine.
Hope it helps us and use at your own risk.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bqdxheka3jKG76AXdEExIdhG81D3agLM

[email protected] said:
With a lot of research, I was able to dump the persist partition using adb. My dump will do no good, as I have only been able to get persist back by OP's method. We need someone to dump who has not flashed an oreo rom. Ok, that being said, here is how.
Make sure your phone is rooted.
Make sure usb debugging is enabled.
Boot phone into recovery.
Open adb with phone connected to pc.
Code:
adb devices
You should see your device listed.
Code:
adb shell
You should get ~# and something like a backward arrow [6N. That was mine yours may differ. If you have ~$ instead of ~# you are not rooted properly. If you used magisk you may have to add the sudo module.
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/platform/soc/7824900.sdhci/by-name
This will give you a list of all partitions. Look through them and find one described as persist. Mine was this:
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 1970 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
We are interested in the address /dev/block/mmcblk0p30.
We need to type in
Code:
dd if=/yourMountingPoint of=/yourDestination/partitionType
where /yourMounting point is the persist address, if like mine /dev/block/mmcblk0p30. /your destination will be where you want to save it, and partition type should be persist.img.
My command was this
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 of=/external_sd/persist.img
This will give us a proper persist .img file.
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How to restore this file brother.?

N1vBruno said:
Here it is.
I clean flash stock rom (potter_NPNS25.137-93-4) before getting the persist file, was on crDroid 7.1 before. I don't know if volte is working because we don't have it on my country, but I never flashed Oreo before and never lost imei or 4g/lte, so it shoud be fine.
Hope it helps us and use at your own risk.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bqdxheka3jKG76AXdEExIdhG81D3agLM
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Thank you sooo much brother.
Thank you for your support.

akshu2697 said:
How to restore this file brother.?
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Aren't you the OP of this? I thought you needed a way to dump the original partitions, and I provided the method with step by step to do so. I've never coded for android systems, but I'm very familiar with close cousin linux, so I suppose I could investigate and learn. However I would think whomever developed the G4 plus method could use the above dump for our phone. I guess I assumed it was you who discovered this method. I'll dig into it further when I get some time, but getting the clean persist dump was what was asked to do.

I was able to write the above persist.img file by:
1. transfer persist.img to my external_sd
2. booting into twrp
3. opening terminal
4. entering
Code:
dd if=/external_sd/persist.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30
However, this placed my EMEI to 0, and I had to restore my saved efs with moto g4 + persist to get signal back. But remember, I had problem with efs every time I reboot, so my case may not be typical of those of you whose moto g4+ persist was working fine for. I would be curious if N1vBruno's persist was at the same address as mine, namely
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p30

Guys who have restored their VoLTE, does your IMEI match the one that came with your phone or has it changed to something else?
I'm just being curious as I thought using someone else's persist backup would restore his IMEI to your phone, or was it efs?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

psychopac said:
Guys who have restored their VoLTE, does your IMEI match the one that came with your phone or has it changed to something else?
I'm just being curious as I thought using someone else's persist backup would restore his IMEI to your phone, or was it efs?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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It is efs.

[email protected] said:
I would be curious if N1vBruno's persist was at the same address as mine, namely
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p30
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Yes,
Code:
persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
psychopac said:
I'm just being curious as I thought using someone else's persist backup would restore his IMEI to your phone, or was it efs?
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I hope not lol