Hey guys
I have a small question about the efs backup:
I made 3 backups of it (Twrp efs partition, and two over android terminal)
Could my imei get lost if i flash some rom is it realy safe when i restore them or can i get any troubles? I read on some Website that there is some key inside the efs folder that cant backup and this key is very important.
It would be great if someone can answer this question.
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Get root browser and copy the hole efs folder and put it on your ext sd card and pc and any were else you have. Make as many as you can. Three should be good. Then you will be ok. Everything else you have already done. Make sure to have extra copys of the twrp copy on ext sd and pc too. Bout all you can do to be safe. And ktool bk up with that too.
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I uploaded the efs.img on my Dropbox
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Hey guy I was wondering how to properly backup using CWM instead of having to SBF flash. When i pressed backup i saw internal and external sd card and I'm curious of which one to backup incase I mess something up and need to restore to the point where I am now
Internal SDCARD....
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Internal SDCARD....
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Okay and how do you go about creating a new backup? just do it right over it?
because i heard that it takes up a lot ofspace
Shouldn't the real question be: why is this in the development section?...
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think it creates another folder for the new backup... .What I do is, do the backup and move it to my external sdcard or copy it to dropbox or pc until need. The backup should be around 1.5GB...
nevermind..i got it
Does anyone know where the backups are saved to? I did a quick search but couldn't find it
Clockworkmod in the internal sdcard
Mine are saved in Clockworkmod folder on my external micro sd card
Moved to proper forum.
can anybody tell me how to enable sideloading so i can install CWM
i'm rooted with the OTA update
Hi,
I delete picture from camera on galaxy s3. How can restore from CWM backup.
Please help !!!
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mladen273 said:
Hi,
I delete picture from camera on galaxy s3. How can restore from CWM backup.
Please help !!!
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Nandroid backup do not backup your sdcard data..its lost..you can try recovery software to find it ..next time backup your photos on dropbox
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Install Dropbox and enable camera upload...to prevent losing a copy of your pics.
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If the data was on your internal sd card it should be in the CWM backup .
Either open the backup or restore the CWM backup or make CWM backup now
restore old one extract picture restore current backup .
jje
I made a restore from a backup that was old two days, picture we not switched. Why?
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mladen273 said:
I made a restore from a backup that was old two days, picture we not switched. Why?
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Question is where did you store the picture originally .
jje
JJEgan said:
Question is where did you store the picture originally .
jje
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Picture did store on internal sd card when create backup.
unless you go down the data retrieval route you have lost it. A nandroid doesn't back up your sd card so that's that unfortunately.
mladen273 said:
Picture did store on internal sd card when create backup.
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Sir, Nandroid does not backup data on the sdcard..internal or external..try using some data retrieval tool..
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If the data was on your internal sd card it should be in the CWM backup .
Either open the backup or restore the CWM backup or make CWM backup now
restore old one extract picture restore current backup .
jje
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i dont think a cwm backup will include pictures regardless of wherever it is stored.
@ op
try using undelete from play store to recover your deleted photos
i just used titanium backup to create backup of app and system data. when i checked, the internal memory was getting low. now it shows internal memory low. i want to delete those and recreate backup on sd card. pls do help me out.
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i just used titanium backup to create backup of app and system data. when i checked, the internal memory was getting low. now it shows internal memory low. i want to delete those and recreate backup on sd card. pls do help me out.
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Open TB and press the upper right symbol in the bar, now you see Batch back-up/restore- All in the top bar. Scroll down to the bottom and press Delete all backups. That`s it mate
or go into 'My Files' and delete the titanium backup folder
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One more doubt is that, if I backup a hd game like nova3, the game data doesn't get baxkedup. How van I backup that??
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One more doubt is that, if I backup a hd game like nova3, the game data doesn't get baxkedup. How van I backup that??
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I guess in a CWM nandroid backup, wich backups everything.
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I guess in a CWM nandroid backup, wich backups everything.
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Cwm backup doesn't backup game data. If it did the backup would be massive. The data is on the memory card and stays there even if you factory reset or flash a new rom. You will only lose the data if you format sd card.
Best way to back up game data is to copy to your PC.
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Just sync the game saves folder with Dropbox.
That gives you a 30 (or was it 90) day history of your old saves to download in case you f*#% up ingame aswell as the latest one
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Cwm backup doesn't backup game data. If it did the backup would be massive. The data is on the memory card and stays there even if you factory reset or flash a new rom. You will only lose the data if you format sd card.
Best way to back up game data is to copy to your PC.
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Noob question, how do you backup game data for e.g. a game like NOVA 3?
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Noob question, how do you backup game data for e.g. a game like NOVA 3?
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in my experience, in TiBackup, i just backup the apps normally, then the apps' data (game saves,score,..) will be backed up too, just that when you restore it, you need to choose to restore both app+data
[Q] i am going to install jb rom for my s3..my question is..can i backup my all my apps and it's data..because i have many big games..each one about 1gb..and i dont want to lose them..is there any way?!! Plz need quick answer
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Just install "titanium backup" from play store. Backup your apps and system. Flash your another ROM, install TB again. And restore your apps.
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Dont forget to back up to external SD, otherwise when wiping sd card, you lose your backups too. (personal experience)
Also make a nand backup, in case you want to revert
Plus you should already have a backup of your EFS folder .
jje
Dirry.. what is EFS folders ?!!
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EFS contains your IMEI.
it doesn't always happen, but sometimes you can lose that information and your imei becomes 00000000000000 or somesuch.
Where i can find this folder?!! Abd now..the best way ti backup my apps is via nand backup?!! Because i have many games have big extrrnal data not shown or backup with the backup apps..
Here is what i will do and tell me if i made wrong..i will backup my all data with any of backup app..then make a nand backup..to backup the apps external data..then after flashing..i will restore apps from the backup app. .and if i launch itnit will ask me to downliad the data again..but niw i will restore that data from nand backup...is that wilk work?!! Is taht all right..
Thanks....
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Here's the easiest breakdown:
Get Titanium Backup. (buy the pro key if you want. If you flash quite abit, it's worth the money)
Back up all your apps (it will also back up your data) and make sure it's backed up to your sd card.
export your messages, call history, and wifi ap as xml (via TB. hit menu to see the export option)
Use your Contact app to export all your contacts as a vcf file.
If you're using a rom that has Aroma Installer, you should be given an option to back the efs folder up. I think it's also found on the root directory or in the system folder. It's a folder that says EFS. you can't miss it.
now go into cwm, do a nand backup.
once that's done.
Wipe cache and data
install new rom.
set it up.
and do the reverse of the backups off everything. (so import instead of export and restore instead of backup)
EDIT: try not to back up system settings. restoring that would most likely cause FCs or a full crash. but restoring the usual apps are almost always ok. Avoid system apps unless you know they're the same.
No.it doesnt backup all app data..i have asphalt 7 which is have 1gb external data and 23mb apps size..and when i made make backup.it just backuped the 23mb...what should i do
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No.it doesnt backup all app data..i have asphalt 7 which is have 1gb external data and 23mb apps size..and when i made make backup.it just backuped the 23mb...what should i do
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It doesn't matter, the big game files are stored on sdcard and are not concerned by flashing process. They'll be preserved and when restoring app the game will automatically detect them.
What we call data app are all settings, stored in /data partition and erased with data wipe process. The graphical data used by games to run are not the same thing.
What Striatum said.
Mean the flashing doesnt earase all data on sd card?!!! (I an talking about internal i dont have external card...and all thing is stored on the internal....that u meab?!!flashing doesnt delete all sd inernal fard?!!!
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no it doesn't erase the internal card. I have maintained the structure of my internal card when I flashed from stock to Omega.
The internal card is treated as a storage card. when they say wipe, they meant wipe the part of the storage that is partitioned for the rom, not for the partition that is for user storage.
So if you follow what I told you.. you would be all set.
Thanks bro
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Guys i want to install custom roms like cyanogenMod official. But o weard that this can break my efs partition and i can do a backup but it's dangerous. Please help me. Tired of the slowness of stock rom
There are many asps on xda and Google play store
KTool
Samsung tool
Or if you use philz touch recovery then there is an option in recovery also...
Make a efs backup with these apps and store it somewhere safe and keep it also in your SD card in case you want to restore it..
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There are many asps on xda and Google play store
KTool
Samsung tool
Or if you use philz touch recovery then there is an option in recovery also...
Make a efs backup with these apps and store it somewhere safe and keep it also in your SD card in case you want to restore it..
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And in case of losing my sd card can i make and upload to cloud? :s
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