All,
Hey there. Quick question to those more experienced than me...when doing a nandroid backup what do you select to backup? I know the obvious default plus Wimax keys but what about the other options? My current BU is everything but SD. Think that has too much crap (dalvik and all) with it? Also, what sizes of backups are you guys seeing for things? Off hand I want to say my system was 640 and Wimax was 12 (MB). I know some will vary but others should be fairly constant. I did a search but didn't see a ton of good answers on this so I figured I'd start a thread.
Input?
Other related input for TWRP questions?
Thanks
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I backup system, data, boot, wimax.
Nandroids are usually almost 1 gig, so I stick with a couple backups, then I transfer them over to my PC. That way I have more room on the SDcard.
AOSP roms will be way less than a gig since Sense is taken out. That might sit around 200mb per backup.
Dave2582 said:
I backup system, data, boot, wimax.
Nandroids are usually almost 1 gig, so I stick with a couple backups, then I transfer them over to my PC. That way I have more room on the SDcard.
AOSP roms will be way less than a gig since Sense is taken out. That might sit around 200mb per backup.
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+1 backup of system, data, and boot are a must, everything else is optional. I make one backup of wimax and store in on my pc.
Thanks. I figured system data boot and Wimax were the mandatory ones. My thought process for initially including the others was for a most accurate "snapshot" of the current state in the event if a bad flash. I used CWM on all previous roots and I don't recall it being as granular. The option to be specific is nice though. I just wanted to make sure my understanding of each was right. I seem to be grasping well. I'm a firm believer that if you hose something up you didn't do your HW right. The knowledge is always there if you read, and ask when applicable.
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Also...props for mentioning the explicit Wimax backup. I'm going to do that now. That seems to be the most forgotten thing with TWRP since is not selected by default for some reason.
The Wimax RSA keys are specific to each Wimax mac are they not? Just a guess but I wanted to clarify. If they aren't an explicit backup may help someone who may have forgotten them. Even still I'm sure a Dev may be able to mod one up to be used as a recovery. My coding knowledge is limited but i know my way around I.T. in general very well.
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Dave2582 said:
I backup system, data, boot, wimax.
Nandroids are usually almost 1 gig, so I stick with a couple backups, then I transfer them over to my PC. That way I have more room on the SDcard.
AOSP roms will be way less than a gig since Sense is taken out. That might sit around 200mb per backup.
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I'm still a noob- why do you do a couple nandroids? If you have 2 or more on the SD how can you differentiate them? Would you know just by the date modification?
thanks
Skyphos said:
Also...props for mentioning the explicit Wimax backup. I'm going to do that now. That seems to be the most forgotten thing with TWRP since is not selected by default for some reason.
The Wimax RSA keys are specific to each Wimax mac are they not? Just a guess but I wanted to clarify. If they aren't an explicit backup may help someone who may have forgotten them. Even still I'm sure a Dev may be able to mod one up to be used as a recovery. My coding knowledge is limited but i know my way around I.T. in general very well.
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Wimax keys are different on each phone, a friend of mine hosed his evo 4g that way..he restored the backup from his first evo to another evo..and it was poof...gone. Wimax keys are special for the towers..
btkgator said:
I'm still a noob- why do you do a couple nandroids? If you have 2 or more on the SD how can you differentiate them? Would you know just by the date modification?
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Do it when sober...or else you will forget what date stamp was for what backup...
As far as I know...it is only by dates they are stored.hmmm makes me want to write a trwp utility that will read the time timestamp of the backup and you can enter notes in it. Kinda like a trwp backup note taker...put on to do list...
life64x said:
Do it when sober...or else you will forget what date stamp was for what backup...
As far as I know...it is only by dates they are stored.hmmm makes me want to write a trwp utility that will read the time timestamp of the backup and you can enter notes in it. Kinda like a trwp backup note taker...put on to do list...
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I see- I clearly did not open of this file to see the date stamps- HT168HX01594. But to my surprise when I opened it up- 082820111824. Now I just need to figure out how to read that.
I just use Astros and rename it to what it is a backup of and the date.
Shot by my Alter_EvO!......... BANG!
TWRP does a good job at labeling it under your device name (dev name/date+time/data.) but i did notice TWRP's clock sometimes gets a lil off. I set it to my GMT offset once and a week or so later i did a backup and i was upward 2 hours off. Not a big deal but thought it may be worth mentioning. Also, their battery% is off a little. Again, none of this really matters but just an observation.
And I keep several NAND's because its easy as pie to reload those and never miss a beat. Once i get a rom the way I want it I make a NAND and file it. I try to do that ever now and again so i have a recent update. Whats it hurt? You can always have a NAND of your favorite rom so you can switch pretty seamlessly...and you always keep an updated backup.
Space isnt hard to come by either...several 1GB files on a PC is nothing and even 2GB on a phones SD card isnt much to ask for given the peace of mind it offers you.
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Hello guys! Is this even possible to do?
If not, what are similar methods to do this?
I don't think this is possible because of how little internal memory our phone has. The only way I could think of maybe doing it would be to have one Rom on a SD card I heard you could do that in a windows mobile phone but I don't know if its possible with two Android roms, I think the closest thing you will get to is backing up the Rom and flashing the other on and back and forth
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Of course there is, if you are rooted. Just have a couple Nandroid back ups of whichever roms you like. You can restore whichever one you want, whenever the mood strikes. Just reboot into recovery and pick your poison. You can have 12 different roms if you want. You can even do 2.1/2.2 if you'd like, though if you use a2sd, you'll have to work around that. Hope this helps.
Thats the only way but It would be a pain to do every time you boot up cause it takes time to flash a backup back into memory.
aww damn.. but thanks for the input guys.. i guess the nandroid is the only way for now xD
Yeah... when phones get 1GB of internal we can dual boot =p
I actually was talking to punk.kaos about this the other day and he was saying they were thinking of making a way to dual boot from the SD card, but I am not sure how high it is on the agenda. I know he has a lot of other projects that he keeps up with. So, there is hope, I just don't know of a time frame.
That would be some ridiculousness haha, if you guys start working on it and it isss possible, I'm sure it'll be done.
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I messed up my Evo 3d and am waiting for a new one to come in. I dropped it and the touchscreen went crazy and wouldnt work. None the less I was able to create a nandroid backup in recovery. My guess is yes, but when I get my new phone in and root it, are there any issues at all with restoring the backup from my sdcard?
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I messed up my Evo 3d and am waiting for a new one to come in. I dropped it and the touchscreen went crazy and wouldnt work. None the less I was able to create a nandroid backup in recovery. My guess is yes, but when I get my new phone in and root it, are there any issues at all with restoring the backup from my sdcard?
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I would not do it, personally. You may be fine, but the possibility of messing things up does exist.
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Absolutely not. For one, you will fry your wimax keys, and never again be able to access 4g. And two, generally just not a good idea, as your system settings and other things could be incompatible. Just backup apps and thats it, no settings/system things.
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Absolutely not. For one, you will fry your wimax keys, and never again be able to access 4g. And two, generally just not a good idea, as your system settings and other things could be incompatible. Just backup apps and thats it, no settings/system things.
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Ok thanks. I wasnt able to backup apps and data as my touchscreen wasnt working. I was only able to do a nandroid backup from recovery. There's 1 app I have with important information and phone numbers that I was hoping to have restored. Is there anyway to pull this from the nandroid I created on my sdcard?
I think I just found the answer to my own question... AppExtractor! I will give this a try when my new phone gets in.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-rom-manager-had-a-baby-with-titanium-backup/
Great find!
Curious for those of us without the proper tools or the know how to do this properly. This works for the Note but can also work for any other device.
Just study up. Read the instructions. Visit the general section and read. Flashing is easy. Best to just learn. Watch some YouTube videos. Be careful. Have fun.
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Just study up. Read the instructions. Visit the general section and read. Flashing is easy.
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You missed the part in the OP about not having the proper tools. No amount of reading or studying or preparing can help when the tool is made for Windows and you're running a Mac (or no computer at all).
OP -- I'm sure there's plenty of people on here who do (or would help you with) flashing ROMs but a lot of that is going to depend on where you live. Best bet: Craigslist and see if you can find someone in the Cell Phones section who does that. Denver (yes... where I am) has a ton of shops that will flash custom ROMs for you - but of course they want you to pay for the privilege.
However - I would really recommend finding someone local and trustworthy. Don't EVER send someone your device, because let's be honest - you'll most likely never see it again unless you're sending it to a real business.
bmstrong said:
Curious for those of us without the proper tools or the know how to do this properly. This works for the Note but can also work for any other device.
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First....start off at YouTube, and watch people root the Nexus One over ADB. You'll learn a few tricks...but most importantly, you'll learn your way around the device manager and the command prompt in windows. While it may seem daunting at first...there are only a few commands you'll need to learn.
That solves the problem you'd have with rooting and installing Clockwork Mod (the basis for flashing any new ROMs.
Lastly...if you can find a valid windows installation (or you can even use a 90 day trial version of windows 7 enterprise) you'll want to install boot camp on your Mac...which allows you to run windows on your Mac. Easily.
By no means am I an android powerhouse, but I do work in IT and am handy with a device manager, various hosts, and windows and Mac.
The next best option would be to offer someone here 10-20 bucks to show you over Skype, or do it for you using go to meeting.
Remember 1 thing. Its actually hard to brick a device if you do a few things.
Only flash RC or final versions of ROMs. In general. These have been THOUROUGHLY tested. The more feedback for a ROM the better. Learn to search threads here frequently.
Don't go about customizing the software by flashing mods (until your more comfortable). Android provides a perfect host system for providing customization via the Play store. Widgets...toggles...backgrounds. Notification tweaks, and almost everything else you'll need can be found on the play store and easily uninstalled.
Lastly...always keep a backup of you're system
via Nandroid, and keep a backup of your apps with Titanium backup.
If you have any more questions....feel free to ask them here or PM me.
You can start by researching "how to do a Nandroid" and "what is clockwork recovery mod" in your favorite search engine.
If you think you can follow the simple steps of performing a Nandroid and you can find your way around Clockwork Recovery Mod....there really isn't much to worry about.
Bricking your device can usually be fixed in the case of a soft brick or boot loop. The real bricking usually happens when you flash software meant for another device, or don't follow instructions.
Once you've flashed your first ROM...you'll find that the process is remarkably similar for all mods ROMs and other packages.
Appreciate the replies. The largest problem I have is the computer itself. I have whole rooms of computers sitting across the street at KSU. Not a problem to use and my pick of OS. The problem lies in they are public and get wiped on shutdown. So no backup. Thoughts?
I've done updates across various Mobiles for years like that.
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Appreciate the replies. The largest problem I have is the computer itself. I have whole rooms of computers sitting across the street at KSU. Not a problem to use and my pick of OS. The problem lies in they are public and get wiped on shutdown. So no backup. Thoughts?
I've done updates across various Mobiles for years like that.
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Honestly - Once you get CWM setup on the phone there's very little if any need for a computer. I'm not sure what you mean by "backup" but since you're talking about public computers - let's just run through this scenario:
Go across the street and install CWM. Now, let's say a few days later a new ROM comes out. Woohoo! Assuming you've already flashed CWM, all you need to do is shutdown your phone, backup it up in recovery. This saves to your external SD. Reboot. Download new ROM save to internal SD. Shutdown, pull external SD, boot to recovery, flash away.
If you're worried about it - buy a USB external drive and use the university computer to copy the contents of your external SD across to the hard drive every one in a while.
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Honestly - Once you get CWM setup on the phone there's very little if any need for a computer. I'm not sure what you mean by "backup" but since you're talking about public computers - let's just run through this scenario:
Go across the street and install CWM. Now, let's say a few days later a new ROM comes out. Woohoo! Assuming you've already flashed CWM, all you need to do is shutdown your phone, backup it up in recovery. This saves to your external SD. Reboot. Download new ROM save to internal SD. Shutdown, pull external SD, boot to recovery, flash away.
If you're worried about it - buy a USB external drive and use the university computer to copy the contents of your external SD across to the hard drive every one in a while.
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Now that sounds like a plan. Hmmm. Maybe I can do this myself. Now I need to find a stock stable ICS with NFC enabled. Even better would be one to take advantage of the radio hidden by AT&T. It would be nice to have the option to pop and flop.
Exactly. Once the initial root and new recovery menu is done then you are set. Between a CWM nandroid, Titanium Backup, MybackupPro, and even Appsaver your only real limitation is set by how large your external sdcard is.
You can even use online storage sites like Minus, Google Drive, Drop Box etc to host all of the files so that you can access them anywhere.
Hmmm. What's the closest stock ICS out there right now, if I may?
I am running Flapjaxx Unofficial ICS and it is super smooth. I plan on switching to his latest though once it is finished downloading.
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Honestly - Once you get CWM setup on the phone there's very little if any need for a computer. I'm not sure what you mean by "backup" but since you're talking about public computers - let's just run through this scenario:
Go across the street and install CWM. Now, let's say a few days later a new ROM comes out. Woohoo! Assuming you've already flashed CWM, all you need to do is shutdown your phone, backup it up in recovery. This saves to your external SD. Reboot. Download new ROM save to internal SD. Shutdown, pull external SD, boot to recovery, flash away.
If you're worried about it - buy a USB external drive and use the university computer to copy the contents of your external SD across to the hard drive every one in a while.
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+1 on any Flappjaxxx ROM btw. So you pull your external sd? Have you ever had an issue or is it just a precaution?
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Appreciate the replies. The largest problem I have is the computer itself. I have whole rooms of computers sitting across the street at KSU. Not a problem to use and my pick of OS. The problem lies in they are public and get wiped on shutdown. So no backup. Thoughts?
I've done updates across various Mobiles for years like that.
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I wonder if it would help you to back up on google drive? Ive never tried it or anything but it could possibly give you some cloud space. Maybe a good option?
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I wonder if it would help you to back up on google drive? Ive never tried it or anything but it could possibly give you some cloud space. Maybe a good option?
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Yeah. I use both Drive and Dropbox, so no worries. The larger question I have is why do I need to back some of this stuff up? I've never been a big application guy. This Note has 4? Maybe 5 apps on it, aside from the stock Google services. SMS/MMS get deleted instantly or saved into the Cloud. And email moved with my Gmail account and that gets barfed back into each Mobile I use very easily.
Titanium backup seems like a pain in the ass. All I'm after is a clean stock ICS build, a way to shut off the hard keys and replace them with soft buttons, and that MHL works. Turning this Note into a portable LTE MHL Chromebox with a fantastic screen. The option to flop and plop would be nice...
you dont have to back up, but personally i would like to have my own personal backup of stock. of course there are stock odins around here. but in your situation it might be more handy on the cloud to access anytime. you might want to use the back up to flash back to for when they release ics over the air.
Service makes some sense
If you've read many of the questions that some poeple ask on these forums, it really makes me think that certain people really shouldn't be trying some of these things themselves. Most of us have no problem reading and understanding rudimentary steps to get us going, but some people come in with little to no foundation in these matters; what we're saying really is Greek to them. I feel bad, but for these people, I encourage them to seek out someone that knows, at least on a basic level, what they are doing.
I've written looooong, detailed tutorials for people and I'm glad to do it. But sometimes even after that, I get the feeling that these people will still end up messing their phones up. I've been proven right on at least two occasion and I can't help but feel bad... So maybe a pool of people in each area capable and willing to do these kinds of things might make sense. Haven't thought through how that would work, but maybe. Hmmm...
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Hmmm. What's the closest stock ICS out there right now, if I may?
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Im using team perfections ics ucle2 objection with rc1 its great as well as fj's
sent from team perfections ics rom
Extremely interesting process and results. I still have a host of questions, why certain things are done in a certain order, what exactly some of the things do that I did, and why when I did not make a back up of anything, it said specifically that it failed, some of my apps and vids are still here in the new FJ ROM. Just a fasincinating first time experience from someone who has always used stock Nexi. The ROM isn't really my taste, I hate Apex and there is bloat apps in it. But!
I feel like the old Quantum Leap show...
You can debloat with tibu. Also, you can use any launcher you want.
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Hey everyone,
I already had a topic on this matter but I will start afresh since i had exams and now im free to fix my damn phone.
Initially I had ICS and I wanted to upgrade to JB, I normally format everything after I go back to stock and root it, but this time I decided to format it BEFORE going back to original, and I did it not in the settings menu but in CMW!!! I dont know what I pressed there, but I think I also pressed partitioning, final result was bricked phone.
For hours I tried to restore it to at least be able to turn it on, but even now the firmware installation doesnt go as smoothly anymore, I think I messed up my partitions, I will need help with that.
THE MAIN PROBLEM NOW. Is that I got my IMEI deleted, and all other system codes too.
Before I did any of this I made a backup with nandroid, and it has saved my efs folder which apparently is supposed to carry the IMEI
However, when I restore the back up, the IMEI does not reappear!
I tried:
GSII Repair
HC-kTool
I tried restoring the backed up EFS folder with CMW but it did not do anything at all
Please give me other solutions I am desperate, I am forced to use Nokia N73 its a nightmare in all aspects =[
great I scanned (verified) my backup with nandroid for MD5 thing and it says PASS on everything but on efs.ext4.tar, it says FAIL
please help, how could I mess up even my back up =[[
I guess you didn't read up on the memory bug issue when using stock ICS and wiping with the stock kernel. You may be SOL, my friend.:crying:
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I guess you didn't read up on the memory bug issue when using stock ICS and wiping with the stock kernel. You may be SOL, my friend.:crying:
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I didnt use stock ICS, I used stock gingerbread, but before i had a chance to install the gingerbread i went into CMW and deleted everything, which was really dumb of me to do but its done now.. i backed it up it works fine now, just doesnt recognize sim cause the IMEI is not there
You've tried using Odin to go back to stock?
Yes, I would go to stock first, format, root, then install new software, but this time i ****ed up everything decided to mess with CMW
Weird thing though is that I made a backup of my EFS before I messed it all up, but now when I "verify MD5" it with nandroid it says "FAILED" on EFS and "PASS" on everything else, then I noticed when I restore my phone with backup in CMW it also says that it is verifying with MD5, what I think is I somehow messed up my backup too, or it didnt back up properly, or my EFS was messed up long before I backed it up but it still kept working somehow
I think I need to somehow fix my original backed up EFS manually and then try restoring it again.. any ideas? I got the IMEI converting software for galaxy S3 from a friend on forum but i havent tried anything because im not sure whether there simply dumping the code will work for GS2.
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I didnt use stock ICS, I used stock gingerbread, but before i had a chance to install the gingerbread i went into CMW and deleted everything, which was really dumb of me to do but its done now.. i backed it up it works fine now, just doesnt recognize sim cause the IMEI is not there
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Well, I read this "Initially I had ICS and I wanted to upgrade to JB" and assumed you were on stock ICS.
no Im sorry for the misunderstanding, originally I had gingerbred, then rooted ics, i never had official ics, i think i might have messed up my partitions too, but there is no fix for that anywhere, only warnings
Someone (champ1919) has recomented i use this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
It involved using Hex editor and editing few lines in the nv_data.bac
unfortunately that file needs no editing as everything in it seems to be correct,
so this is not whats causing me get null/null
I need more suggestions :/
If you had rooted ICS and did a wipe you could still have the memory bug issue. Have you read up on that to see if it could be your problem?
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If you had rooted ICS and did a wipe you could still have the memory bug issue. Have you read up on that to see if it could be your problem?
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No I haven't :/ theres so much to read its inhumane.. I think i messed up my partitions for good, what actually frustrates me about android is that It does this retarded partitions that makes no sense, it leaves 2GB for the system, the rest it calls "sdcard" when you install something it actually installs on that 2GB partition, WHYYYYYYYY???? then there is an option of transfering the program to "sdcard" which is probably the remaining phone memory, whether i am right or wrong, the system memory gets clogged up so badly for no reason that the phone starts glitching like crazy, i have never had that problem with iPhone, if this continues I will switch back to iPhone 5S when it comes out, im too tired of this crap
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No I haven't :/ theres so much to read its inhumane.. I think i messed up my partitions for good, what actually frustrates me about android is that It does this retarded partitions that makes no sense, it leaves 2GB for the system, the rest it calls "sdcard" when you install something it actually installs on that 2GB partition, WHYYYYYYYY???? then there is an option of transfering the program to "sdcard" which is probably the remaining phone memory, whether i am right or wrong, the system memory gets clogged up so badly for no reason that the phone starts glitching like crazy, i have never had that problem with iPhone, if this continues I will switch back to iPhone 5S when it comes out, im too tired of this crap
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Android isn't for everyone. It requires a lot more time and dedication to learn if u really want to customize things to your liking. Once you've been doing it a while and have read up on most things though it becomes a lot easier. I do agree the initial learning curve is steeper than with iPhone, but I guess that's the whole idea behind android. Being able to do things your way how you like them. Good luck, happy flashing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596842
Dug it up from the international I9100 forum. Some people are able to repair theirs. Of course apply I777 stock Roms and not any they provide in there.
Odin to rooted stock ics 4.0.3 then start from step 3. Assuming you have your network signal intact. Worth a shot. Let me know how it goes.
igorukusa said:
No I haven't :/ theres so much to read its inhumane.. I think i messed up my partitions for good, what actually frustrates me about android is that It does this retarded partitions that makes no sense, it leaves 2GB for the system, the rest it calls "sdcard" when you install something it actually installs on that 2GB partition, WHYYYYYYYY???? then there is an option of transfering the program to "sdcard" which is probably the remaining phone memory, whether i am right or wrong, the system memory gets clogged up so badly for no reason that the phone starts glitching like crazy, i have never had that problem with iPhone, if this continues I will switch back to iPhone 5S when it comes out, im too tired of this crap
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I think it is a security thing. You don't need to execute movies, music, or books which should take up the majority of space. So they move those to a place you can't execute things on. And the programs must be put in the executable space which is much smaller. The logic is fine, but it isn't very adaptable (harder to change partition sizes than to just flag a file as read-only, which means it is harder to put a virus in there and execute it too). Unfortunately security features often makes things harder or more likely to fail.
iPhone vs Android is like Mac vs Linux. The first generally just works if you are happy with the Apple way, and costs a lot more for the hardware. The second lets you customize more, and can be harder to use. But you can work around issues with enough effort.
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I think it is a security thing. You don't need to execute movies, music, or books which should take up the majority of space. So they move those to a place you can't execute things on. And the programs must be put in the executable space which is much smaller. The logic is fine, but it isn't very adaptable (harder to change partition sizes than to just flag a file as read-only, which means it is harder to put a virus in there and execute it too). Unfortunately security features often makes things harder or more likely to fail.
iPhone vs Android is like Mac vs Linux. The first generally just works if you are happy with the Apple way, and costs a lot more for the hardware. The second lets you customize more, and can be harder to use. But you can work around issues with enough effort.
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its ridiculously retarded, its affecting your experience, chance of getting hacked is 1:100 if you live in a city, and constantly sit on public wifi hotspot, and even then there are tooks that have nothing to do with your operating system to hack you, im telling you this is bullcrap im so tired of it that its up my throat
j510 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596842
Dug it up from the international I9100 forum. Some people are able to repair theirs. Of course apply I777 stock Roms and not any they provide in there.
Odin to rooted stock ics 4.0.3 then start from step 3. Assuming you have your network signal intact. Worth a shot. Let me know how it goes.
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hey my friend thank you for the link, i did what he said in the tutorial, but unfortunately its just the EFS repair, in my case i completely ****ed up my efs, i dont think its even recognized by the system anymore, i need to manually punch in the IMEI, theres a tutorial for SGS3, but none for SGS2 which is another thing thats frustrating, every phone has its own solution to a problem, maybe the solution would work but i cant put my phone in the DIAG mode I WDONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT AND THERE IS NO TUTORIAL FOR THIS MODEL OF THE PHONE
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Unfortunately I can't help you... I'm in a similar boat. Trying to find out how to rebuild/restore the EFS and NV info on a phone I got to switch over to my plan.
I've had all kinds of OS on it so far and nothing works. Need to put in the IMEI, the APN, etc... can't...
Like you... I find all of the I9100 stuff... but not much for the i777
Good luck and please post if you find a fix.
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For You Slow People who never do any research!!!
I just wanted to make it clear to fellow U.S. users. It is not illegal to swap a imei from one phone to another phone that are both in your legal possession in the United States. The last few years Congress has proposed legislation to prohibit this activity, but it always dies in committee. It was recentyly proposed again on April 25th of this year and sent to committee where it will most likely be tabled there again. See this link for the newly proposed legislation:
govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1730/text[/url]
The Cloning laws in the United States only apply to cloning sim cards or esn numbers. Because cloning sim cards and/or esn's can lead to subscriber fraud. Which means you can actually steal someone's service without paying for it while the true owner of the sim or esn is stuck with paying for your usage. With IMEI numbers that is not possible due to the fact that is controlled by the sim card in gsm devices, not the IMEI. And as a matter of law and fact, you can clone your own sim or esn from a device in your legal possession because in that situation there is no intent to commit fraud which the cloning laws aim to prevent.
I challenge any of you "slow" people to find a law in the U.S. that prohibits swapping IMEI numbers. And, after you come back empty handed, ask yourself this question. Why does congress year after year try to propose laws to prohibit IMEI swapping if it is already illegal???
1) does anyone for see anymore kernels coming down the line. Imoseyon? Or the likes...
2) is there any evidence that crack flashing eventually slows down a phone? I'm not too keen on the android system... Well not as much as I want to be. Didn't know if its like a computer to where you end up with fragments and what not left behind to slow it down over time. (Hopefully that's not a dumb question...either way though I don't care ... That's how we learn )
I plan on building one at some point, just don't know when I'll get time to do it. I've been fairly busy the past week, so a kernel has been on the back burner since the phone is already really fast, and battery life is already great.
Right on. So any insight on the phone flashing?
blackbass595 said:
Right on. So any insight on the phone flashing?
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As long as you are wiping all data then I would not see it as a problem... If a computer had a button that said "wipe all user data" and other recovery options. then it would be pretty hard to get that back but I'm sure there is a way as we both know what hackers can do! On a standard hard drive I could see it being easier because it uses OLD tech but with the newer ssd hard drives I would bet it would be harder to get data off that device if someone wiped it. That being said I don't think that there would be much to slow anything down if any as we are pretty much formatting our cards by using custom recoveries but I have had devices that people would recommend to format the data 3-4 times so??? I've personally never had any issues and I have been on Android since it came out but hey, I'm only human... Have you seen the "computer guy" around? Maybe you could ask him? :laugh:
shojus said:
As long as you are wiping all data then I would not see it as a problem... If a computer had a button that said "wipe all user data" and other recovery options. then it would be pretty hard to get that back but I'm sure there is a way as we both know what hackers can do! On a standard hard drive I could see it being easier because it uses OLD tech but with the newer ssd hard drives I would bet it would be harder to get data off that device if someone wiped it. That being said I don't think that there would be much to slow anything down if any as we are pretty much formatting our cards by using custom recoveries but I have had devices that people would recommend to format the data 3-4 times so??? I've personally never had any issues and I have been on Android since it came out but hey, I'm only human... Have you seen the "computer guy" around? Maybe you could ask him? :laugh:
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Lol...yeah he would know since he was apparently born with knowledge of all things phone. Myself on the other hand have to learn the old fashioned way. But either way...there's no way he would lower himself to answer an average forum goers question. How silly. Ha.
I was just under the impression that wiping or deleting didn't actually do so, it just marks the data to be written over. I know I can recover "deleted" files on my computer for a while after they have been deleted and there are some (such as photos) that you can see where a portion has been written over. Didn't know if phones were the same
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Lol...yeah he would know since he was apparently born with knowledge of all things phone. Myself on the other hand have to learn the old fashioned way. But either way...there's no way he would lower himself to answer an average forum goers question. How silly. Ha.
I was just under the impression that wiping or deleting didn't actually do so, it just marks the data to be written over. I know I can recover "deleted" files on my computer for a while after they have been deleted and there are some (such as photos) that you can see where a portion has been written over. Didn't know if phones were the same
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Ya the thing is that your computer is most likely running a background service to save what you have deleted so that you can restore to an earlier state where as our recovery can be TOTALLY wiped if we wanted to do that. That is why we make nandroids so we can go "back in time" to a state that was functional for us. Without a backup though, your SOL! So no need to worry about slow downs of any type unless your sd card was corrupted or something. "MOVE" lol