what are adb backup alternatives? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have a lenovoA319
i wanna get involved into the root thing , so i wanna make a backup of my stock phone in case i wanted to get it back to its conditions-i dont care about warranty but i lilke to keep a copy of every thing-
as adb backup doesnt work , it seems that many users have faced that , so what are the alternatives ?
is there a way to back up the stock bootloader?

dimmu.borgir said:
i have a lenovoA319
i wanna get involved into the root thing , so i wanna make a backup of my stock phone in case i wanted to get it back to its conditions-i dont care about warranty but i lilke to keep a copy of every thing-
as adb backup doesnt work , it seems that many users have faced that , so what are the alternatives ?
is there a way to back up the stock bootloader?
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backing up through a recovery is best

BatDroid said:
backing up through a recovery is best
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stock recovery???

dimmu.borgir said:
stock recovery???
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You Can't Do Anything With Stock Recovery Other Than Factory Reset In Emergency Conditions.. Install A Custom Recovery like TWRP,Philz for Your Device & Backup As You Wish..

LoverBoy2415 said:
You Can't Do Anything With Stock Recovery Other Than Factory Reset In Emergency Conditions.. Install A Custom Recovery like TWRP,Philz for Your Device & Backup As You Wish..
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is there a custom recovery backup phone into the pc

i did the backup using flashtool, i backed up all the partitions
LoverBoy2415 said:
You Can't Do Anything With Stock Recovery Other Than Factory Reset In Emergency Conditions.. Install A Custom Recovery like TWRP,Philz for Your Device & Backup As You Wish..
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Instead ob adb backup/restore, you can use adb pull/push. But it requires fixing file permissions and ownerships. I do it like this from a Bash shell on my Linux computer:
Bash:
APP_ID="org.secuso.privacyfriendlynotes"
# Backup (RUN WITH OLD PHONE CONNECTED)
adb pull "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
# Restore (RUN WITH NEW PHONE CONNECTED)
APP_OWNERSHIP=$(adb shell stat --format "%U:%G" "/data/data/${APP_ID}")
adb shell mv "/data/data/${APP_ID}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}_backup"
adb push "./${APP_ID}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
adb shell restorecon "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
adb shell chown -R "${APP_OWNERSHIP}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
#adb shell rm -rf "/data/data/${APP_ID}_backup"

ferivon said:
Instead ob adb backup/restore, you can use adb pull/push. But it requires fixing file permissions and ownerships. I do it like this from a Bash shell on my Linux computer:
Bash:
APP_ID="org.secuso.privacyfriendlynotes"
# Backup (RUN WITH OLD PHONE CONNECTED)
adb pull "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
# Restore (RUN WITH NEW PHONE CONNECTED)
APP_OWNERSHIP=$(adb shell stat --format "%U:%G" "/data/data/${APP_ID}")
adb shell mv "/data/data/${APP_ID}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}_backup"
adb push "./${APP_ID}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
adb shell restorecon "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
adb shell chown -R "${APP_OWNERSHIP}" "/data/data/${APP_ID}"
#adb shell rm -rf "/data/data/${APP_ID}_backup"
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This script requires `adb root`, right? Is it still available in modern versions of Android? I didn't manage to use it even after setting `ro.debuggable=1` in `/system/build.prop`, on my Android 12.
Unless you have any insights about this, I guess I can change permission to or copy an app's data directory with `su` before pulling it.
I also noticed that some files (at least the `cache` and `code_cache` directories) in an app's data dir belong to a different group. I'm wondering whether setting the ownership of everything to the same user and group could cause problems in the future.

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HELP please: Problem setting up custom recovery

Testman08
Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010
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I am having trouble with installation instructions from Walkthru setups hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647707. I have installed the rooted img and it shows i'm running 2.1 (original software was unrooted 1.5) but when I attempted to go to step three of custom recovery "Open up a command prompt and go to your tools directory, and execute these commands:" i am having a hard time not getting errors when I attempt to enter these:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
adb push flash_image /system/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
the question I have is how do you go from command prompt to tools directory? what path is it following instructions from above thread? can I use this "all in one script" even though I am already rooted?
firmware 2.1, baseband 2.40.00.01.22, kernel 2.6.29-5898f66b, software 2.19.605.1 and shows test keys. Currently I keep getting force close on maps and navigation apps.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Got it resolved......
How did you get it resolved ???????
Im so stuck
Ki1lACrAcK said:
How did you get it resolved ???????
Im so stuck
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droidfreak said:
have you made it to the tools directory? if you actually go to the tools file on your computer, on the address bar you will see what you need to type.... either (red font)
cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools
that was after I moved the tools folder otherwise it was:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\android-sdk-windows\tools
type one or the other exactly how I have it up top....cd and all....
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option in bold worked for me
Now if i can figure out how to get the custom rom installed lol
Hmm Im having a similar issue but
I can't seem to get the custom recover working on my eris. I followed the "adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard
adb push flash_image /system/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-eris.img
4. Close the command prompt and turn off you phone."
to the tee and everything seemed to work.I didnt recieve any error msg on the cmd console but when I boot up holding the Vol+ and power I get and Android under a ! in a triangle and a message that says "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command then I only get 4 options and none of them are to flash a rom so I always reboot system. I really want to put a rom on here but I have no idea what went wrong. Im sorry if this is a redundant post. I combed a hundred of them and couldnt find anything like this. Thank you for any help in advance.

[GUIDE] Properly Setting Up Root for Your X10

Okay, so I've noticed that this rooting method is a little unconventional. It works through a compromised Fota.pkg which has setuid on /system/bin/sh as root. This is not a very safe, as any application that runs sh will gain root access to your system. Scary... :S Anyway, in order to fix this we need to take a few steps.
It is important that you do these in order, otherwise you may lose root access
Install a proper SU with whitelist
1. Download http://bit.ly/aWgALL
2. Unzip the system folder.
3.
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
adb push system/bin/su /sdcard/su
adb push system/app/Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/su of=/system/bin/su
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/Superuser.apk of=/system/app/Superuser.apk
adb shell chmod 6777 /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
4. Reboot your phone.
Fix sh to not setuid to root
1.
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/sh
Properly install busybox
1. Here, it's easier to look for the busybox installer app from the market and then install from there. If you did everything correctly, then after you hit install in the busybox app a prompt will come up asking you to allow the app to have root. Hit allow.
You're done!
this might be stupid questions, i know. But where should I unzip the system folder that mentioned to? And where to type those command?
chai_archer said:
this might be stupid questions, i know. But where should I unzip the system folder that mentioned to? And where to type those command?
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If you followed the root guide you can put it in the step 4 folder.
Then hit windows key + r and in the box type CMD
A console window comes up.
in the console window type cd <path.to.your.step.4.folder>
then go from there.
zephyrix said:
Properly install busybox
1. Here, it's easier to look for the busybox app from the market and then install from there. If you did everything correctly, then after you hit install in the busybox app a prompt will come up asking you to allow the app to have root. Hit allow.
You're done!
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i did everything as mentioned but it dint ask me for permission wen installin busybox is it because i had it installed sometime before runnin this guide?
yea i knw im a noob after all
bcool15 said:
i did everything as mentioned but it dint ask me for permission wen installin busybox is it because i had it installed sometime before runnin this guide?
yea i knw im a noob after all
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yep.
if you check the superuser app it should already be there.
zephyrix said:
yep.
if you check the superuser app it should already be there.
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all i see in superuser app is titanium backup pro
that's strange. does busybox report that it's installed?
zephyrix said:
that's strange. does busybox report that it's installed?
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nope it doesnt
well i tried all this and now i lost my root. Did EXACTLY what's written. Anyway to reverse this and get my root back?
unknown13x said:
well i tried all this and now i lost my root. Did EXACTLY what's written. Anyway to reverse this and get my root back?
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i think i lost mine too but to reactivate there is command or prolly i just messed up summmwhere n redid my whole root with v3 update
bcool15 said:
i think i lost mine too but to reactivate there is command or prolly i just messed up summmwhere n redid my whole root with v3 update
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use "su" to get root access... allow when the Superuser Whitelist notification pops up.
it worked for me....followed the steps, after i downloaded the busybox app i opened it and a box popped up "Superuser Request", it had discription of the busybox app and then asked whether to allow or deny the request....i then checked the superuser app and was able to see the busybox app in thr....
can anyone confirm if these steps were added in the new root method? please
bcool15 said:
can anyone confirm if these steps were added in the new root method? please
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I'd like to know that too, I mean, in 2v2 do we still need to do the whitelist thing?
root in adb
I tried this on the last root (ROOT_F2v2) and I lost root in adb..
I still had regular root
I had to revert it back with "chmod 6777 /system/bin/sh" to get adb do admin task again.. (I use adb regularly)
Does anyone know how to secure sh and still have root in adb?
Regards.
th4r said:
I tried this on the last root (ROOT_F2v2) and I lost root in adb..
I still had regular root
I had to revert it back with "chmod 6777 /system/bin/sh" to get adb do admin task again.. (I use adb regularly)
Does anyone know how to secure sh and still have root in adb?
Regards.
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adb shell su
And after superuser popup add "unknown application" to the whitelist.
Chillest said:
adb shell su
And after superuser popup add "unknown application" to the whitelist.
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Yes that give me root in adb shell but adb is still running unprivileged.
I believe it's because we can't patch the bootloader yet, so we still have getprop ro.secure 1. :'(
I did a little script to toggle setuid on /system/bin/sh when I'm doing root stuff from adb
Sent from my rooted X10i
I have installed this to protect the system.
The only concern I have is i cannot run for example my cleaning script.
If i type into cmd ;
"adb shell su" it comes up with a # and freezes. If i type in
"adb shell<enter>
su" it works fine. and i can paste all the commands in line by line.
If i do either in a bat or cmd file it crashes. How do i run scripts as su
Here are the answers....
bcool15 said:
can anyone confirm if these steps were added in the new root method? please
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No they were not. The reason is that many of the rooting steps rely on a setuid "sh"
gfgodoy said:
I'd like to know that too, I mean, in 2v2 do we still need to do the whitelist thing?
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Yes
Chillest said:
adb shell su
And after superuser popup add "unknown application" to the whitelist.
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So what? The uid for the shell application launched after invoking "adb shell" is not going to match any of the installed applications anyways. The thing is that Superuser.apk installs a mechanism by which the user (human) can detect when an application is requesting root access. Based upon the nature of the application you may or may not want to grant root access. That is the whole point.
th4r said:
Yes that give me root in adb shell but adb is still running unprivileged.
I believe it's because we can't patch the bootloader yet, so we still have getprop ro.secure 1. :'(
I did a little script to toggle setuid on /system/bin/sh when I'm doing root stuff from adb
Sent from my rooted X10i
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Oh yeah? I just use "su" whenever I want root access... and I didnt have to write any scripts to enable/disable it.
k1ckn1ck said:
I have installed this to protect the system.
The only concern I have is i cannot run for example my cleaning script.
If i type into cmd ;
"adb shell su" it comes up with a # and freezes. If i type in
"adb shell<enter>
su" it works fine. and i can paste all the commands in line by line.
If i do either in a bat or cmd file it crashes. How do i run scripts as su
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Then you shouldn't be rooting in the first place. Take my advice, lay off the rooting. It definitely doesn't have anything that will be of advantage to you.
j4mm3r said:
Then you shouldn't be rooting in the first place. Take my advice, lay off the rooting. It definitely doesn't have anything that will be of advantage to you.
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easy now, it's a fair question, would be nice to be able to run cleaning scripts on a protected system. no need to be a prick
in answer to the question though, once the batch starts adb shell, it won't continue till that process ends
I did some googling for some comandline tools that might allow sending keystrokes to a process, but nothing easy appeared, looks like your only option is to use a linux friendly notepad to create some shell scripts you can execute from the sdcard. i.e. on device
su
chmod 755 /sdcard/myscript.sh
./sdcard/myscript.sh
easiest way to do scripts on a secured root IMO

[Q] xperia sola recovery mode

i need to pull and push some system files in my phone for that i need to enter recovery mode in my xperia sola.please help to enter recovery mode.my phone is rooted.thanks in advance :good:
dviraj00 said:
i need to pull and push some system files in my phone for that i need to enter recovery mode in my xperia sola.please help to enter recovery mode.my phone is rooted.thanks in advance :good:
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I think you dont need to put your device to recovery mode. Just use adb shell
to pull: (no need superuser privileges)
ex: format: adb pull [location of the file in the device] [to where the file is save locally]
adb pull /system/xbin/su c:
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to push: (need su) since you rooted then:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
chmod 777 /system/app
then exit from devices, go to your command prompt and type:
adb push <local> <remote>
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Hope it helps
capsule46 said:
I think you dont need to put your device to recovery mode. Just use adb shell
to pull: (no need superuser privileges)
to push: (need su) since you rooted then:
Hope it helps
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thank you mate bt i am just a noob and dont know how to use adb shell.can u tell me plzz.this will save my relationship,plz mate
Hi, sorry for late reply
I assume you have installed your device driver properly
Then install android sdk: go to developer.android.com/sdk
Follow the step to install it. If you done it properly,you will find adb command in folder installation name platform-tools
Use it in command prompt. You can type adb /? to learn its capability.
Or you just go frok my post earlier
Hope it helps
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2

Bootloot... please help

So it seems that my HTC ONE has no OS installed, I am able to get to the HTC logo and thats it. I reboot into bootloader and are able to install CWM and TWRP but no luck installing ARHD rom via adb sideload method, it just fails. Any hints on how to install a rom either stock or otherwise? i have a cwm backup of my stock rom rooted odex on my computer but it is not a flashable zip. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
(i have a mac if that matters)
if you aren't back on cwm flash that recovery.
boot to it
push your backup to the phone with ./adb push /foldername/* /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup might be backups, I can't remember, but you can check with adb shell
./adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod
ls (that is a lowercase L)
that should give you a directory listing.
after you've successfully pushed the backup reboot to recovery again and restore it.
This should do the trick
gunnyman said:
if you aren't back on cwm flash that recovery.
boot to it
push your backup to the phone with ./adb push /foldername/* /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup might be backups, I can't remember, but you can check with adb shell
./adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod
ls (that is a lowercase L)
that should give you a directory listing.
after you've successfully pushed the backup reboot to recovery again and restore it.
This should do the trick
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I am in the same situation. Can not get my phone to roboot. I have a rom to push but I dont know how to use ADB commands. I can get to command prompt but them I am totally lost. Can you give me a quick step by step?
adb push filename /sdcard
gunnyman said:
if you aren't back on cwm flash that recovery.
boot to it
push your backup to the phone with ./adb push /foldername/* /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup might be backups, I can't remember, but you can check with adb shell
./adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod
ls (that is a lowercase L)
that should give you a directory listing.
after you've successfully pushed the backup reboot to recovery again and restore it.
This should do the trick
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Hy gunnyman, when I push the folder to the sd card it always decompresses and send the individual files to the system not the full backup folder so i can select it from the backups menu. this is the command I used ./adb push may6.zip /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
I also pushed the decompressed files to the sd card since it looks like it instals all files needed for os to work with the following command ./adb push may6.zip /sdcard
I reboot system but still stuck on HTC logo.
May6 is the name of my backup and when i use the ls command it has a .zip to the end.
So can you let me know how to sent the complete folder to the phone to be placed on the backup folder and thus be able to be selected under the cwm menu? Thank you so much
Unzip it. Send entire folder uncompressed
You don't restore a backup the same way you flash a rom. It's a separate menu option in recovery
gunnyman said:
Unzip it. Send entire folder uncompressed
You don't restore a backup the same way you flash a rom. It's a separate menu option in recovery
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yes its unzipped. took off the .zip name and sent it to the backup folder and it still sends the uncompressed files. Once I go to restore from backup folder I get a -System/ and -Meta-INF/ files and no file with -May6/ or something like that. So i try to restore from -system/ but it says md5 sum dont match.
Any ideas?
No, I don't sorry

[Q] ADB PUSH Permission denied

I need help with this ASAP, as my device is currently in a bootloop because a boot animation app didn't work as well as I thought it would and my Dell Streak 7 will not boot up.
The device does still respond to adb commands, so there's a chance at saving it.
Unfortunately, I cannot get adb push to work, it says no permission when I try to do:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
It says permission denied. I either need to know how to get adb push working or how to COMPLETELY reset the tablet, including all the system files such as bootanimation.zip. I need help as soon as possible
HackAttack37 said:
I need help with this ASAP, as my device is currently in a bootloop because a boot animation app didn't work as well as I thought it would and my Dell Streak 7 will not boot up.
The device does still respond to adb commands, so there's a chance at saving it.
Unfortunately, I cannot get adb push to work, it says no permission when I try to do:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
It says permission denied. I either need to know how to get adb push working or how to COMPLETELY reset the tablet, including all the system files such as bootanimation.zip. I need help as soon as possible
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Ok, I can help.
First, you cannot adb push to a system partition. you would need to have unprotected adb running in su mode.
Also, you will have to remount the system partition to rw.
try this code:
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/tmp/bootanimation.zip
adb shell "su -c busybox mount -o remount,rw /system"
adb shell "su -c cat /data/local/tmp/bootanimation.zip > /system/media/bootanimation.zip"

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