Yes, I'm a noob. No, I can't keep things brief. I'm sorry video, I just can't do it. Hello XDA. Here's my pickle:
So, my camera's faulty, and I'm going to have to send my Note II back to Kogan. This is my first Android handset, and my first time properly experiencing and using Android (I moved here from a Blackberry Pearl 9100). I don't consider myself a base-line user, I'm competent with many forms of electronics and computing so I quickly settled into Android nicely. Thus far I've rooted, flashed recovery and flashed CyanogenMod 9 for one Android phone (I was the first in my family to make the switch, my sister got a Galaxy Wonder for Christmas and I flashed CM9 so she could have at least ICS for her phone) and it was a fairly straight-forward process, nothing too difficult (although it seems my father's Motorola Defy+ might be a bit trickier).
I'll get to the point, due to the camera being basically dead on arrival, I've got to send it back. I don't want to send it back with all of my personal information intact however, I'd prefer to take a full backup of it and then factory reset the device before sending it away. This is where the warranty clause comes in.
I can't root the device (this action breaks warranty) and therefore can't flash CWM to do a nandroid backup. After some reading, a nandroid sounded like the ideal solution but obviously I can't do that. See, I wanted to backup all of my data, including (if possible) apps, settings, accounts, the works. I really don't want to have to go through the process of re-downloading all of my apps (my internet connection isn't the quickest around) and setting everything up just the way I want it again.
I stumbled across the adb backup technique, and considering the N7100 shipped with Jellybean 4.1 and adb backup requires ICS 4.0+, I thought "Hey, why not. It seems pretty straight forward." I also figured it'd be a small learning experience, I'm thinking about getting into android app development sometime in the near future and needed the SDK anyway so I downloaded and installed that, fired up adb and ran the backup with the following parameters:
Code:
adb backup -f <FILE PATH> -apk -shared -all -nosystem
And it seemed to get stuck on the apk for GTA Vice City. So, after about an hour of sitting, I pulled the plug and tried again. This time it got to Angry Birds and got stuck once more. I decided to run it again, but with a different set of parameters, I thought "Maybe it's getting stuck with the SD card data."
Code:
adb backup -f <FILE PATH> -apk -all -noshared -nosystem
This time it got stuck on Bad Piggies. I pulled the plug once more and started searching for answers, but there's not a huge amount of discussion about the backup function, let alone specific to the Note II. I read some stuff about the One X getting stuck on certain parts, but they certainly weren't games like this.
And that's the thing that links them all, they're games. I'm not sure if that specifically has any effect on the process, but I'm beginning to think that trying to back up EVERYTHING so that I can restore my device to the same state it is in now is a futile effort. Without the ease of a nandroid 'snapshot', I'm running out of ideas. I could go through and delete every game I've installed and try the backup again, but I'd like to see if anyone else has any alternatives or explanations.
Here are my queries, don't feel like you've got to answer them all, they're just the questions I've got in my head right now.
1. Is there any known reason as to why adb backup gets stuck on these apks?
2. Is there a better way of creating some form of 'snapshot' of my device without rooting it?
3. Would Samsung Kies' backup utility keep my app and system settings after a factory reset (in that it'd load up Nova Launcher with all of it's settings, along with the few widgets I have, intact)?
4. Are there any apps that would do this? I've heard Titanium Backup will, but you need to be rooted to use that.
I'm starting to feel that just doing it the manual way is going to be easier in the long run.
With question three, I'm assuming that Kies won't backup any apks, and therefore when my phone is sent back to me I'll have to set it up again, download my required/desired apps and then restore my settings through Kies (which will hopefully also restore settings for apps like Nova Launcher, and even better, for widget applications like HD widgets). However, if I'm wrong and Kies DOES backup apks, I'll just do that, it's so much less screwing around and it does what I wanted it to do but didn't think it did in the first place.
Thanks XDA,
-svdkillswitch
(Also, first post!)
Other information:
Device: GT-N7100 (international)
Carrier: Unlocked, Telstra
Android version: 4.1.1, 'Jelly Bean'
Baseband version: N7100UBALJ1
Build number: JRO03C.N7100UBALJ1
Rooted: No
Easiest way
Root with exynos abuse exploit (method 3 in link)and install titanium backup and backup all data using it. I recommend to save backup folder in Ext SD card.
After finishing this you can unroot from application itself.
dr.ketan said:
Easiest way
Root with exynos abuse exploit (method 3 in link)and install titanium backup and backup all data using it. I recommend to save backup folder in Ext SD card.
After finishing this you can unroot from application itself.
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Thanks for your help,
You say in the linked post that while it doesn't trigger the flash counter, it can cause problems with the camera. If I'm just temp-rooting, backing it up with Titanium, and then un-rooting it again, none of these effects will remain I assume. I guess it doesn't matter too much anyway actually, because my camera is the reason I'm sending it back in.
And once I get my device back, it's as simple as installing the apk, rooting the device, installing Titanium and restoring my backup from the ext SD.
Sounds good. I'll give it a whirl and let you know how I go. +1'd.
-svdkillswitch
It cause camera issue only if you disable exploit, here you need not to do anything rather thn just root.
-Install that apk file, get device rooted.(there is option to root device in application), you need not to check disable exploit
-Install titanium Pro from market and backup (first select backup location to Ext sd card)
- Once finish, uninstall titanium and unroot device from exynose app
You can also factory reset and send to service centre.
dr.ketan said:
It cause camera issue only if you disable exploit, here you need not to do anything rather thn just root.
-Install that apk file, get device rooted.(there is option to root device in application), you need not to check disable exploit
-Install titanium Pro from market and backup (first select backup location to Ext sd card)
- Once finish, uninstall titanium and unroot device from exynose app
You can also factory reset and send to service centre.
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Yeah, that's all I did. Rooted, installed Titanium and backed-up my data to the external SD card. I've un-rooted the device, all I need to do now is factory reset.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
-svdkillswitch
but adb doesnt work
Hi guys. My Fire Phone is rooted and it was working without trouble. I had my backup at my laptop, so I started deleting some system apps to see if it improved performance. My laptop for stolen, and I'm pretty much trapped without the files I deleted. I can't update automatically because I deleted the OTA Verifier, and can't do a factory reset because Amazon Backup and Restore is also gone
Is there any way to install manually an OTA update file so I can get back the system files I lost? My Fire Phone version is Fire OS 4.6.1 (461013820). There's the same file in some other thread. Is it dangerous to push an update if it's the very same version the phone already has?
Thanks in advance for your help
You can try to install the apps manually, if you are not successful / not experienced enough: re-install the OS.
You can find all the Stock Apps and The Factory Images in my post.
Thanks for your help. Just to know, if I force the OS to reinstall, will all the data be lost?
Yes, it will be completely "wiped", just like you bought it. I assume you have access to another PC so you can backup your data, etc.
If you can remember the apps you deleted, maybe you don't need to reinstall (but you will need a file explorer with root access)
The factory reset you mentioned wouldn't work anyway, because the deleted apps will stay deleted, since FR only erases some folders and data: it doesn't restore data, only settings.
When you decided to reinstall: download the US factory image, it's the one you already had installed (461013820). Good luck!
How can I take a full backup of my phones application data, settings, passwords , files and so on that are stored in both regular AND Secure Folder and store this on my computer in case I lose my phone?
So that I can restore it back seamless by purchasing another Galaxy in future? Even if I would go with S21 or S22 it shouldn't block me.
Little bit how iPhones are working.
I am not rooted
Hi, I recently moved some photos from the gallery into the secure folder's gallery and from there I sent them to the recycle bin and afterwards permanently deleted them. But I didnt realized that among the photos that I erased was one that I still need.
My questions is if I can recover the files that were deleted from the secure folder without rooting. My phone is not rooted.
If there isnt another way other then first rooting the phone and then trying to recover the photo could somebody provide a link to a thread with a tutorial for begginers maybe? My phone is a SM-G960F model.
Sorry to hear that. Is there any backup file of the deleted photos? If yes, you can recover the deleted photo you want from the backup file easily. If no, the only way is asking for help from pro shop or data recovery software like Dr.fone, Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android, Easeus MobiSaver, etc. Do remember that you need to make sure it not being overwritten by new data. And you need to root it before using such software. Of course, if the deleted photo saved on your SD card, you don't need to root your phone. Hope this will be your help.
Hi everyone,
unfortunately, I uninstalled an app and it deleted the folder with all backups as well. I am now searching for a way to recover deleted files from internal storage without root (since my phone isn't rooted and I can't root it either because it's a work phone). Does anyone know how I could do that?
3fe said:
Hi everyone,
unfortunately, I uninstalled an app and it deleted the folder with all backups as well. I am now searching for a way to recover deleted files from internal storage without root (since my phone isn't rooted and I can't root it either because it's a work phone). Does anyone know how I could do that?
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Hi, I had a similar issue deleting photos on another rooted device and still couldn't recover the files using rooted recovery apps... So although never finding a solution, all i can say is you could try some pc smartphone recovery software, and that might probably be the only way you can recover some of the files. Also in the mean time don't copy another files or install apps to the phone becuase that will overwrite deleted files making them totally/permanently lost.