I would like to save adb backups on the phone directly, on the sdcard, without having to even connect it to the computer. I've tried with Terminal Emulator doing a loopback adb connect but no way, I have no further idea.
Please anyone can help?
Some manufacturers like Sony or LG provide their own app, so you can make a backup to the internal or external sdcard. Note that applications with android:allowBackup="false" on the AndroidManifest.xml won't be backed up.
Nexus devices and android stock don't support that feature.
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Hey guys,
is it possible to access the internal storage via adb, without having a display?
My Galaxy SII Display is broken, but the rest should work.
usually i have to lock in with the security points that have to be connected (i dont know how that is called in english),
to allow access via usb.
now that the display does not work, i can not go that way.
so is it possible to access the internal storage via adb?
or do you have another way for me to get my data back?
i am not going to buy a new galaxy s2 and replacing the motherboard,
because its not worth it.
i have cm10.1 installed with dorimanx kernel, and root is allowed for adb and apps.
i never used adb, so i dont know how to start my search.
i also have the problem that i dont know how to look for that thing,
because im not english.
it would be nice if you can give me a start,
or another way to access the internal storage.
i also thougt about accessing via recovery.
i think i can go into recovery, and by pressing volume and power keys,
i can naviagte to mount data.
but im not sure about the steps,
so if anyone have a dorimanx 7.xx kernel,
can you please write the steps down for me?
thank you.
Grandtheftman said:
Hey guys,
is it possible to access the internal storage via adb, without having a display?
My Galaxy SII Display is broken, but the rest should work.
usually i have to lock in with the security points that have to be connected (i dont know how that is called in english),
to allow access via usb.
now that the display does not work, i can not go that way.
so is it possible to access the internal storage via adb?
or do you have another way for me to get my data back?
i am not going to buy a new galaxy s2 and replacing the motherboard,
because its not worth it.
i have cm10.1 installed with dorimanx kernel, and root is allowed for adb and apps.
i never used adb, so i dont know how to start my search.
i also have the problem that i dont know how to look for that thing,
because im not english.
it would be nice if you can give me a start,
or another way to access the internal storage.
i also thougt about accessing via recovery.
i think i can go into recovery, and by pressing volume and power keys,
i can naviagte to mount data.
but im not sure about the steps,
so if anyone have a dorimanx 7.xx kernel,
can you please write the steps down for me?
thank you.
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if you can mount in recovery then mount everything in recovery,connect your device to PC and the open command prompt and navaigate to folder where you have set up android sdk.
now do the following
1) adb shell
2) now type ls -it'll list all folder and files.
3) now navigate to your sd-card (can't tell exact name for internal sd card) by typing cd <directory name>
4) you can list all files by using ls command.
5) Once you find the exact directory name of sd card and files to be recovered then type exit
6) now type adb pull /path/to/your/folder/filename.File will be saved in working directory...
i don't have s2,just helping you with some common adb stuffs.
btw you can use adb file managers which provides GUI.Like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821601
adb
Connect the phone to system, Open terminal and do adb remount then adb shell.
Now do ls, you will be able to see all the folder and everything. Go to Sd-card folder and there you should have all your data.
There is and app ADBExplorer. I have never used this tool, but you can check it is GUI.
Thanks,
The ADBFileexplorer worked very well for me.
Just booted in recovery and started the explorer.jar in the adb folder.
Thank you for the tips.
This can be closed now
I've got a droid razr; rooted, stock rom
I broke the screen accidentally and now the screen isn't showing anything and touch isn't working.
I'd like to recover all the data off my device, but since it's locked, it won't budge. Drives won't mount when I plug it into my PC.
I've got a previous backup which is a little older, but i'm interested in backing up the actual databases (texts, call logs, etc) and system data too, along with my images and personal data.
Is there any way I can perform a whole backup while the system is locked like this?
I've already searched the forum for previous threads with similar issues, but I couldn't find one with a viable solution.
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
Partial Update
Hey all-
I've partially solved my problem.
I was able to get ADB working miraculously. I downloaded the Motorola Device Manager and installed it, also downloaded the Android SDK/Java SDK;
Using the sdk manager i installed the google usb drivers (im not sure it helped any way, but just in case)
after that I ran through the process of adb
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
**plug in device**
adb wait-for-device
adb get-serialno
From there I was able to use "adb shell" and navigate around the file system; used su, went to /data/system/ and did "mv gesture.key gesture.key.bak"
I then restarted my phone and did a repeat of wait-for-device, and get-serialno just to verify the phone was connecting properly.
I then browsed to my computer and amazingly, the drives mounted, my sdcard, and sdcard-ext as removable drives and I was able to view the contents.
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So now, I'm stuck here with a device that's NOT locked, I can view my files, and I can navigate the file system.
My end goal is to be able to copy everything from /data/ to /etc/ /system/ /root/ /sdcard*/ /vendor/ /xbin/ and any other system file that's not available through the mounted drives.
I'll keep this thread updated, and if anybody has any help or clue on how I'd do this, it'd be greatly appreciated.
So far I've tried variations on "adb pull" using / as a root dir; trying to find a way to use the shell to invoke scp, ssh, or some other file transfer, but I get no network connection. While in the adb shell and doing any file operations, I get an error stating that it's a read-only file system as well.
Fixed
I just wanted to let you all know that I've resolved my problem.
Let me state the issue again.
- Screen and touch broke.
- Device locked with pattern
- Rooted
- ICS - Stock Verizon ROM
- USB Mode was UMC, not PTP/MTP
- USB Debugging enabled
I used ADB to delete /data/system/gesture.key and rebooted, effectively removing the device lock, and allowing drives & data on my SD cards to show up in explorer after a reboot of the phone.
After futzing around for a bit, I realized the phone was tied to my Google account, and I remotely installed "Droid VNC Server" (app name org.onaips.vnc)
From there I found a way to activate the VNC server through the ADB command line
Source: android.stackexchange.com/a/31957
Code:
Application located in
/data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files
With a root shell, run this
chmod 766 /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver
Then you can execute the vnc server from the command line
/data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver
Run this to forward the port
adb.exe forward tcp:5901 tcp:5901
On your VNC client, connect to localhost:5901
From there I was able to get access to my home screen and pulled the notification drop down and changed from USB Mass Storage to Camera/Media Mode
Rebooted the phone, started the vnc server again, connected to it and moved some files around to my SD Card
In another adb shell as root, I was able to copy files from /data/data/ (or anywhere else I wanted) and write them to anywhere on /sdcard-ext/
From there in another command shell, I ran adb pull /sdcard-ext/datafolderfile
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I believe this to be the overall gist of things, though I ran into hiccups along the way, while I was messing around, I changed some permissions which caused my su executable to break and only be allowed to run shortly after booting the phone; and also because of the broken screen, something would cause the phone to reboot every so often, breaking my connections, backups, file transfers, and etc
There's also a cool option in adb
Run
"adb backup" and it'll give you all the switches, you'll have to confirm the backup on your phone, so be sure to be running VNC and confirm it, but adb backup should be able to grab everything you need. Like I said it didn't work for me because my phone would reboot;
I hope everybody that sees this can benefit from it
Annafunny said:
So did you extract your data from your Razr with adb finally?
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This thread is really old (4 years)... and the answer was provided.
To avoid further issues, closed.
I want to make my android settings to be able move any apps to SD card.My phone is Lenovo A850.So,I tried this option.Using command promt on windows and type this adb devices but my device not on list attached. How to install drivers for this devices. I already enable usb debugging.Please help me.!!!
YoLanC said:
I want to make my android settings to be able move any apps to SD card.My phone is Lenovo A850.So,I tried this option.Using command promt on windows and type this adb devices but my device not on list attached. How to install drivers for this devices. I already enable usb debugging.Please help me.!!!
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If you have root, you can use a simple app called AppMgr III (Apps 2 SD):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd
It allows you to move apps to either internal or external storage easily!
So, I was trying to get an ADB Backup for a friend. He has a non rooted Galaxy Note 9, and does not plan on rooting it. He wanted to know of any way of backing up all his apps+data. After some research I found out about adb backup. Now, we downloaded the universal adb drivers from clockworkmod, ran adb devices, detected the phone with adb authorized, and ran the following command:
adb backup "-apk -shared -all"
(Need double quotes on windows. Also, if I don't set -f and put file location, it creates a .ab file on its own in the current directory.)
The backup started on my phone, and it keeps getting stuck at "Shared Storage" I tried for individual apps too and even for them it gets stuck at shared storage.
Then I removed the -shared flag, and took a backup of VLC as a test, it was successful but there was no file created on the computer. I even tried setting a file location to see if that changes anything, but nothing happened. Please help!!
Also, if this method is dead, I would like to know of any better backup tools for non rooted users which backs up data as well.
kishore1998 said:
So, I was trying to get an ADB Backup for a friend. He has a non rooted Galaxy Note 9, and does not plan on rooting it. He wanted to know of any way of backing up all his apps+data. After some research I found out about adb backup. Now, we downloaded the universal adb drivers from clockworkmod, ran adb devices, detected the phone with adb authorized, and ran the following command:
adb backup "-apk -shared -all"
(Need double quotes on windows. Also, if I don't set -f and put file location, it creates a .ab file on its own in the current directory.)
The backup started on my phone, and it keeps getting stuck at "Shared Storage" I tried for individual apps too and even for them it gets stuck at shared storage.
Then I removed the -shared flag, and took a backup of VLC as a test, it was successful but there was no file created on the computer. I even tried setting a file location to see if that changes anything, but nothing happened. Please help!!
Also, if this method is dead, I would like to know of any better backup tools for non rooted users which backs up data as well.
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I don't want any root solutions like titanium backup. I just want to know why it doesn't fully backup. Is it possible that google disabled this feature from android oreo onwards? Or is it because the drivers I installed was not correct? Please help.
Recover files from phone with a broken screen, no USB debugging and set as "Charge"
Hey,
So, I'm trying to recover files from my previous phone, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro. It can boot Android and also get into recovery mode, but I can't see anything on the screen (it's completely black) and I think it doesn't register touches either.
The big problem is, USB debugging is off and USB mode is set to charging only (no MTP).
If I enter TWRP, adb recognizes it (it's listed when you type "adb devices"), but what can I do from there? Is there a way to enable MTP through TWRP adb? I tried some commands like "adb shell" or "adb shell <command>" but it says these commands don't exist or just gives me a list of some other commands.
Is there just no way to recover my files?
Thanks for your help regardless.
@Ulfys
From your description it seems like you already have ADB access from the recovery ROM and it looks like you have access to your data partition. Therefore you can backup your data and migrate it to a new phone
Note: Being in Recovery mode you can only use adb pull, adb push and adb reboot
That doesn't help if I want to recover my files in the internal storage, though. And I don't have any other rooted device with TWRP - even if I had one, flashing another phone's data partition isn't a great idea.
Enabling MTP somehow would be a lot more convenient.
Ulfys said:
Enabling MTP somehow would be a lot more convenient.
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Enabling MTP requires to have access to Android terminal: adb shell
EDIT:
IMO the only option you have is to pull data from device: adb pull