After copying TWRP, 4.4.3, stock backup files to a memory stick, I notice some of the files sizes are slightly different. Only by a few kb's.
Copied directly to memory stick from phone because in the past I've noticed that if you copy to, windows, laptop and then to stick, some files "disappear".
Question is...... can anyone tell me why files sizes are slightly different AND, bearing that in mind, is it safe to delete backup from phone ?
Thanks
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It's likely only how Windows vs android is calculating the size.
KJ said:
It's likely only how Windows vs android is calculating the size.
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Ok, cheers.
Best thing to do to be sure, is try restoring with one of them. Wouldn't want to find out they are corrupt when you really need them.
Just be sure you have an untouched backup on your device, before restoring from the copied over one.
KJ said:
Best thing to do to be sure, is try restoring with one of them. Wouldn't want to find out they are corrupt when you really need them.
Just be sure you have an untouched backup on your device, before restoring from the copied over one.
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The one on my handset is COMPLETELY stock, no data lost when bootloader was unlocked because I used sunshine for s-off.
10rdan said:
The one on my handset is COMPLETELY stock, no data lost when bootloader was unlocked because I used sunshine for s-off.
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So take a new one now. ?
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Hi guys,
I was wondering if there was a way to get Nandroid files for a restore. My stupid phone decided to s-off while installing Runnymede and now it's stuck in recovery. I've tried the sticky and it just sucks. I have to create a goldcard and then there's this other thing I need to do...ugh!
Can anyone give me a Nandroid restore file? It's for a UK Bravo, (Desire), HG3 phone. It doesn't need to be HG3 since it's unbranded and it was just the ROM which shipped with the phone when Three Network gave it to me as a "yay! You chose us over T-Mobile, what phone do you want?" present.
Thanks.
Didn't you make a nandroid back up before flashing another rom?
Every phone is different. So I am pretty sure our backups won't work for you.
shaffa90 said:
Didn't you make a nandroid back up before flashing another rom?
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I did but it was 3am and I was tired and forgot.
MatDrOiD said:
Every phone is different. So I am pretty sure our backups won't work for you.
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Have you tried and tested it before? I would love to know if someone has got it to work.
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Have you tried and tested it before? I would love to know if someone has got it to work.
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No, and I will never risk it.
Hi
I recently played around with GPE and multirom. Perhaps I shouldnt have!
The sdcard isn't where it should be! It's showing under the folder sdcard2.
is there any way of repairing the partitions so that the normal layout is restored?
I'm familiar with using adb and terminal and have everything backed up.
I had considered locking the bootloader and then unlocking it - not sure if this will work though.
I am on sense firmware.
help!!!
darcus said:
Hi
I recently played around with GPE and multirom. Perhaps I shouldnt have!
The sdcard isn't where it should be! It's showing under the folder sdcard2.
is there any way of repairing the partitions so that the normal layout is restored?
I'm familiar with using adb and terminal and have everything backed up.
I had considered locking the bootloader and then unlocking it - not sure if this will work though.
I am on sense firmware.
help!!!
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This might help >> http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-fix-random-reboots-on-htc-one-m8.html
clsA said:
This might help >> http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-fix-random-reboots-on-htc-one-m8.html
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I think thats done it!
Thank you for posting it - I'm sure others will see that. I looked on xda and didn't bother looking elsewhere!
https://youtu.be/Zlieyd9CP7Q
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excellent news, thanks for sharing!
Well, excellent. I guess i will wait a little longer. I still carry along my LG G3 since i can't find any good way to backup my apps + data from LG G3 and restore it on G5. If anyone knows of a solution please kindly reply.
Thanks.
Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work on this. Waiting patiently for it to be released.
cenwesi said:
Well, excellent. I guess i will wait a little longer. I still carry along my LG G3 since i can't find any good way to backup my apps + data from LG G3 and restore it on G5. If anyone knows of a solution please kindly reply.
Thanks.
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If your LG g3 is rooted did you try Titanium back up and back up your stuff and put it in a sd card and when you get your LG g5 rooted just install Titanium backup and restore it again?
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What about:
http://theroot.ninja
igotroot said:
What about:
http://theroot.ninja
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HTC, Motorola
cenwesi said:
Well, excellent. I guess i will wait a little longer. I still carry along my LG G3 since i can't find any good way to backup my apps + data from LG G3 and restore it on G5. If anyone knows of a solution please kindly reply.
Thanks.
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Helium works to restore data from device to device without root. I used it on my gs7 when transferring without root from a rooted phone. If it's not rooted, you just have to connect it to a computer to enable restore.
Looks like I'm going to T-Mobile today to switch phones
Kyler052 said:
Helium works to restore data from device to device without root. I used it on my gs7 when transferring without root from a rooted phone. If it's not rooted, you just have to connect it to a computer to enable restore.
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Not true because this was the first one i tried and paid for it and it wants root or wants me to install app on my desktop. Luckily i was able to get a refund.
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If your LG g3 is rooted did you try Titanium back up and back up your stuff and put it in a sd card and when you get your LG g5 rooted just install Titanium backup and restore it again?
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That was the first thing i tried. Titanium will not get into its most used function (restore) without root. It looks like it is designed around root.....
cenwesi said:
Not true because this was the first one i tried and paid for it and it wants root or wants me to install app on my desktop. Luckily i was able to get a refund.
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If you install the computer application, it enables the non rooted phone to be able to create backups and do restores. It worked fine for me and I didn't use the paid version.
Kyler052 said:
If you install the computer application, it enables the non rooted phone to be able to create backups and do restores. It worked fine for me and I didn't use the paid version.
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Now THAT'S what's up! My only concern is that when you're going from an older phone with a different version of Android, going to a newer phone and/or version of Android, I would think that issues may occur.
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Now THAT'S what's up! My only concern is that when you're going from an older phone with a different version of Android, going to a newer phone and/or version of Android, I would think that issues may occur.
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Helium only restores data I believe, not the app. I backed up from an m7 on lollipop to a gs7 on marshmallow. As long as the app is downloaded already the new phone data transfer should be simple.
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Helium only restores data I believe, not the app. I backed up from an m7 on lollipop to a gs7 on marshmallow. As long as the app is downloaded already the new phone data transfer should be simple.
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Ok, so it's OK to log into Gmail and the Play store, allow all apps to install/restore from the Google Cloud, and THEN use Helium.... Correct?
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Ok, so it's OK to log into Gmail and the Play store, allow all apps to install/restore from the Google Cloud, and THEN use Helium.... Correct?
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I believe so. I let all my apps download from Google play, then restore with Helium and it worked perfectly.
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I believe so. I let all my apps download from Google play, then restore with Helium and it worked perfectly.
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Awesome. I will give it a try. Can you select or omit certain apps from being backed up? I'm not sure I would trust backing up my banking applications. So I would prefer to simply just log in from scratch on the new phone.
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Awesome. I will give it a try. Can you select or omit certain apps from being backed up? I'm not sure I would trust backing up my banking applications. So I would prefer to simply just log in from scratch on the new phone.
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When on your old phone, you just backup specific apps/contacts/etc you want to backup. It doesn't do anything like a nandroid backup where all are backed up
cenwesi said:
Well, excellent. I guess i will wait a little longer. I still carry along my LG G3 since i can't find any good way to backup my apps + data from LG G3 and restore it on G5. If anyone knows of a solution please kindly reply.
Thanks.
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Hello.. I used this ..HELIUM
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en
hope it works for you
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Does anybody abandon root?
It's been almost a month and nothing happened.
Hey guys,
Been searching for a few days now ive tried several root methods
the ones from playstore like
Kingroot
Kingoroot
Kingoroot desktop
Its a galaxy tab a6 running android 5.1.1
Build number LMY47V.T280XXU0APB6
All of the above say they can root it but they all failed
I have seen posts on forums such as this one offering custom roms for the device so I must assume there is a root somewhere and I just cant find it.
Any help would be extremely apreceated
ilikenoodles321 said:
Hey guys,
Been searching for a few days now ive tried several root methods
the ones from playstore like
Kingroot
Kingoroot
Kingoroot desktop
Its a galaxy tab a6 running android 5.1.1
Build number LMY47V.T280XXU0APB6
All of the above say they can root it but they all failed
I have seen posts on forums such as this one offering custom roms for the device so I must assume there is a root somewhere and I just cant find it.
Any help would be extremely apreceated
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Nope, no root for this device until an exploit is found.
Where is this custom rom you speak of?
I don't remember sorry
Is it likely one will be found a exploit I mean ?
ilikenoodles321 said:
I don't remember sorry
Is it likely one will be found a exploit I mean ?
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I've tried everything possible so far to obtain root.
Hopefully eventually one of the apps like Kingroot will work.
Why the heck Samsung locked the bootloader on this device I have no bloomin idea!
Me either no contactless pay as no cellular so why ?
I got mine direct from Samsung and the bloat is horrific
8gb model and over half of it is unusable and without a root an sd card isent really much help
In essence I have gta sa installed and can't put anything else on its infuriating!
ilikenoodles321 said:
Me either no contactless pay as no cellular so why ?
I got mine direct from Samsung and the bloat is horrific
8gb model and over half of it is unusable and without a root an sd card isent really much help
In essence I have gta sa installed and can't put anything else on its infuriating!
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It's still possible to customize the stock rom.
I have made some modifications to it and flashed no issues.
This means it can at least be debloated.
How would I do that exactly nothing I have tried has worked
Did you try with kingroot desktop?
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Did you try with kingroot desktop?
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I did indeed.
mihailrusia said:
Did you try with kingroot desktop?
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Like I said I have already tried all methods.
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How would I do that exactly nothing I have tried has worked
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Tried what?
Like all the things in android to move data and apps they all greyed out.
Cant u download the stock rom for a device modify it on your computer then flash it to your device ?
IS that a thing?
ilikenoodles321 said:
Cant u download the stock rom for a device modify it on your computer then flash it to your device ?
IS that a thing?
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That's what I'm referring to. I have modified the stock rom image and reflashed it.
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
ilikenoodles321 said:
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
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You're going to need to use Linux, recommend Ubuntu.
ashyx said:
That's what I'm referring to. I have modified the stock rom image and reflashed it.
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ashyx said:
You're going to need to use Linux, recommend Ubuntu.
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I've just bought a SN 280 Tab A6 and I've been looking to root it to be able to take off some of the apps I don't use.
Is there any root, twrp or cusmom ROM for this device?
Thanks
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ilikenoodles321 said:
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
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Any news ?
gugas123 said:
I've just bought a SN 280 Tab A6 and I've been looking to root it to be able to take off some of the apps I don't use.
Is there any root, twrp or cusmom ROM for this device?
Thanks
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Any news ?
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Did you even read this thread? :banghead:
ashyx said:
It's still possible to customize the stock rom.
I have made some modifications to it and flashed no issues.
This means it can at least be debloated.
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Hello ashyx
I have the sm-T285m. Yes, I could not root it using the usual programs out there. Any way to inject root into the system image and then reflash it through odin? (as you mentioned you have managed to debloat it-maybe a dumb question as am sure you already looked into it) I recall trying to do such a thing on Huawei Mediapad x2 when there was no root but ran into issues after I accidentally overwrote my entire windows o/s and disk with linux and then gave up (had to extract files from image, add the su then recompile something like that?...from memory over a year back and was only my first and only foray into linux) The odin tar files are separate ones for modem, system, bootloader etc.
Thanks
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Hello ashyx
I have the sm-T285m. Yes, I could not root it using the usual programs out there. Any way to inject root into the system image and then reflash it through odin? (as you mentioned you have managed to debloat it-maybe a dumb question as am sure you already looked into it) I recall trying to do such a thing on Huawei Mediapad x2 when there was no root but ran into issues after I accidentally overwrote my entire windows o/s and disk with linux and then gave up (had to extract files from image, add the su then recompile something like that?...from memory over a year back and was only my first and only foray into linux) The odin tar files are separate ones for modem, system, bootloader etc.
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I already tried prerooting the system image.
It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device.
I even asked Chainfire if there was any other way and he said no.
ashyx said:
I already tried prerooting the system image.
It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device.
I even asked Chainfire if there was any other way and he said no.
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Thanks Ashyx...you mentioned you managed to debloat it. I tried ext4unpacker (maybe archaic now though recall it worked on 5.0.2) to separate the system.img into components but could not. I am interested in editing system image
(A) change dpi (increase the lcd density to 380 or so to get things bigger),
(B) change system font (put in a preferred ttf font),
(C) remove many unneeded (for me) google apps from the system folder, and
(D) enable mobile data auto on off for mms via the features.xml or others.xml. Do you think these could be done (you already mentioned the debloat).
typically i managed to get all of the above done if rooted.
Any advice appreciated on how to do this unpacking and repacking.
Thanks
does this help? opensouce kernel?
(again maybe preaching to the choir but thought I'd ask-not knowledgeable here but posting if it helps in getting to a semi-rooted type state somehow)
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-t285
btw i 'managed' to get oem unlock to show as checked permanently...does that mean the bootloader is unlocked now? (cross flashed through odin the 285 on my 285m the system CP file...and reverted back to 285m-no difference though in network as modem was still 285m as was partition and BL-reflashed the BL as well separately for 285m-after all this shows oem unlock checked-when i got the device new it was unchecked)
edit...from what it appears, it means it CAN be unlocked, yes? but not actually unlocked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67361863&postcount=9
mac231us said:
Thanks Ashyx...you mentioned you managed to debloat it. I tried ext4unpacker (maybe archaic now though recall it worked on 5.0.2) to separate the system.img into components but could not. I am interested in editing system image
(A) change dpi (increase the lcd density to 380 or so to get things bigger),
(B) change system font (put in a preferred ttf font),
(C) remove many unneeded (for me) google apps from the system folder, and
(D) enable mobile data auto on off for mms via the features.xml or others.xml. Do you think these could be done (you already mentioned the debloat).
typically i managed to get all of the above done if rooted.
Any advice appreciated on how to do this unpacking and repacking.
Thanks
does this help? (again maybe preaching to the choir but thought I'd ask-not knowledgeable here but posting if it helps in getting to a semi-rooted type state somehow)
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-t285
btw i 'managed' to get oem unlock to show as checked permanently...does that mean the bootloader is unlocked now? (cross flashed through odin the 285 on my 285m the system CP file...and reverted back to 285m-no difference though in network as modem was still 285m as was partition and BL-reflashed the BL as well separately for 285m-after all this shows oem unlock checked-when i got the device new it was unchecked)
edit...from what it appears, it means it CAN be unlocked, yes? but not actually unlocked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67361863&postcount=9
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It wont make any difference. Enabling OEM unlock doesn't unlock the bootloader.
You still wont be able to flash unsigned boot or recovery images.
It will only allow you to flash an unsigned system image.
I use Ubuntu to mount and edit Ext4 images.
You can use the windows or Linux version of simg2img to convert the sparse image to raw then mount in Linux
Tbh Samsung need to provide an unlock for this device like they do for the Chinese devices as there is no reason why this device should have a locked bootloader.
Hi, I've been trying to find a solution for the problem of null IMEI I'm having after wiping EFS partition on the Chinese TWRP, maybe it's not that and it is because I've erased modemst1, modemst2 and flashed modem+fsg.
I'm pretty sure it had to do with one of those procedures, when I wiped the EFS I've got some error saying it couldn't be done but something went missing.
I've got a more direct question now, my brother just bought a Moto Z Play yesterday, if I backup his EFS on my phone (he already asked if I want to do that) will both of us would be able to use our phone normally?
can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs
kkarora said:
can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs
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No way, like you already now, each phone has an individual IMEI. Your phone is unfortunately unusable.
What did you attempt to do? Flash another firmware package ?
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No way, like you already now, each phone has an individual IMEI. Your phone is unfortunately unusable.
What did you attempt to do? Flash another firmware package ?
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isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?
mcaxtr said:
isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?
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Unfortunately no
mcaxtr said:
isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?
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Lenovo could generate it. But they probably instead replace the main board. You may ask them how much the repair is.
I think I'll just take it there and see if they can do anything about.
well, lesson learnt hard way
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I think I'll just take it there and see if they can do anything about.
well, lesson learnt hard way
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New motherboard unfortunately
Now you know not to use fishy Chinese recoveries.
efs
Hey you can use sigma box to restore imei which will cost you around 800 rs,same thing happened for me but still not fixed just using with wifi
If partition can be wiped, then is not read only. If is not read only, should be possible to write backup back. Otherwise, what's the point of the backup?!
Each phone should/must have different IMEI, depending of the network. In theory, should be possible to take partition from one phone and write to another. However, Moto maybe prevents that checking some hash, serial number... If it's possible to write partition from another phone, again question is can those two phones be on the same network in the same time. I also saw a way to change IMEI, I think even on this sub forum.
If someone solve this problem I definitive pay to that sir, he would be rich In the first day..
kkarora said:
can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs
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did u got efs, im too wiped my efs partition