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Backup EVERYTHING?

Okay, I have SEARCHED XDA & SEARCHED GOOGLE and read probably close to thousands of posts trying to find the answer... maybe I just missed it but I tried...
I am thinking of moving from CM 4.0.4 to JacHERO... (no commenct please about possible move from CM it has nothing to do with the recent C&D) but I am afraid to wipe SD CARD & start fresh with everything...
Does NANDROID backup everything? Meaning does it COMPLETELY backup not just the OS but all the partitions on the SDHC card? (i.e. FAT32 & ext2 & ext3)?? I dont think it does from what I can tell & have read...
What I want to be able to do is wipe everything clean, install HERO, clean, if I totally hate it or its too slow for me or what not, I want to be able to restore what I had running...
please no comments on how hero is better or how CM is better etc...

I would suggest you do a search for switchrom or switchrom.sh
That should be what you're looking for.
HTH

search for the Q&A section?
Nandroid backs up all you need that if you get a bootloop for some reason you can just restore it and your good...... next time post in the proper place
P.S.- why are you afraid of wiping your SD card that would be a lot easier?

Switchrom.sh or Bart
Switchrom is good, but doesnt backup the entire ext3 partition. If complete EXT3 backup is what you seek, see BART (Backup and Recovery Tool).
Have fun and read lots!

emilj said:
Okay, I have SEARCHED XDA & SEARCHED GOOGLE and read probably close to thousands of posts trying to find the answer... maybe I just missed it but I tried...
I am thinking of moving from CM 4.0.4 to JacHERO... (no commenct please about possible move from CM it has nothing to do with the recent C&D) but I am afraid to wipe SD CARD & start fresh with everything...
Does NANDROID backup everything? Meaning does it COMPLETELY backup not just the OS but all the partitions on the SDHC card? (i.e. FAT32 & ext2 & ext3)?? I dont think it does from what I can tell & have read...
What I want to be able to do is wipe everything clean, install HERO, clean, if I totally hate it or its too slow for me or what not, I want to be able to restore what I had running...
please no comments on how hero is better or how CM is better etc...
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If you want to back up your SDCARD, you need to plug it into your computer (can be through phone when phone is in "mount" mode) and run this command:
dd if=/dev/sdcarddevice | gzip -9 > /some/place/to/make/backup.gz
You can NOT make a backup of the sdcard from your phone OS since 1) phone internal storage is not nearly sufficient, 2) backing up the sdcard TO the sdcard is retarded and doesn't accomplish anything.
My suggestion;
first do a nandroid backup to backup the phone internal storage to the sdcard, then backup the sdcard. Then you have everything no matter what.

On more bit of complication...
I currently have fat32 & ext2 BUT no swap setup on my SDHC card....
I would need to wipe the card & re-partition it so that I can have swap.
BART looks like the key, but will it re-partition the sdhc card too?? It says BART backs up the ext partitions but doesnt say anything about the partitions...

This is not development related. Next time, please keep your questions within the Q&A forum. Moved.

lbcoder said:
If you want to back up your SDCARD, you need to plug it into your computer (can be through phone when phone is in "mount" mode) and run this command:
dd if=/dev/sdcarddevice | gzip -9 > /some/place/to/make/backup.gz
You can NOT make a backup of the sdcard from your phone OS since 1) phone internal storage is not nearly sufficient, 2) backing up the sdcard TO the sdcard is retarded and doesn't accomplish anything.
My suggestion;
first do a nandroid backup to backup the phone internal storage to the sdcard, then backup the sdcard. Then you have everything no matter what.
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You read between the lines for me thank you... the point was to backup to a computer (obviously I cant backup 5gb to the remaining 3gb on my card )
I ran SU first & tried the command you gave me & I got this error:
dd: can't open '/dev/sdcarddevice': No such file or directory
Which makes sense if I am running it in "mounted" mode because the SD card is no longer visible to the OS.... right?

I currently have fat32 & ext2 BUT no swap setup on my SDHC card....
I would need to wipe the card & re-partition it so that I can have swap.
BART looks like the key, but will it re-partition the sdhc card too?? It says BART backs up the ext partitions but doesnt say anything about the partitions...
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Yeah Bart isnt the way to go to repartition your SDcard, if you have the 1.4 cyanogen recovery you can do the repartitioning from the recovery console, a basic search can provide you with many guides on how to do something like this, hope this helps

stefan.buddle said:
Yeah Bart isnt the way to go to repartition your SDcard, if you have the 1.4 cyanogen recovery you can do the repartitioning from the recovery console, a basic search can provide you with many guides on how to do something like this, hope this helps
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Okay, I'm not totaly newb if I sound like it...
I can repartition my card no problem... I was looking for a backup tool that would restore ALL partitions & ALL data if I was to wipe the OS & wipe the card & start fresh...
Theoretically backup to a PC... I can load up a Linux build if I need to... the "DD" was a good idea... would this be a good solution to load up linux to a "DD" combined with a Nandroid backup? Again, would I have to repartition my card back to the way it was?

emilj said:
You read between the lines for me thank you... the point was to backup to a computer (obviously I cant backup 5gb to the remaining 3gb on my card )
I ran SU first & tried the command you gave me & I got this error:
dd: can't open '/dev/sdcarddevice': No such file or directory
Which makes sense if I am running it in "mounted" mode because the SD card is no longer visible to the OS.... right?
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#1: you don't run this on your phone, you run it on your COMPUTER.
#1a: when you set your phone to "mount", it is not actually mounting. That is what happens on your computer (if you so choose), AFTER putting the phone into its mode where it is mountable and after the computer detects the device. They really should call it "mass storage mode" or something that isn't strictly incorrect.
#2: you need to use some brains in running a command.
#2a: DON'T EVER just do stuff you see online. *ALWAYS* research the commands and understand what they do before you run them. Otherwise you *WILL* eventually do something stupid, like "for FILE in /dev/sd?; do dd if=/dev/zero of=$FILE; done", which will wipe every single bit of information in all of your hard disks with zeros. In this case, the command I suggested will do no damage, but you didn't know that...
#2b: There is no such device as /dev/sdcarddevice. This is intended (following #2a) that you replace it with what makes sense ON YOUR SYSTEM, i.e. "sdcarddevice" is variable and will change depending on when/how you attached the device and what other devices are already there. Same with the /some/path/to/etc

lbcoder said:
#1: you don't run this on your phone, you run it on your COMPUTER.
#1a: when you set your phone to "mount", it is not actually mounting. That is what happens on your computer (if you so choose), AFTER putting the phone into its mode where it is mountable and after the computer detects the device. They really should call it "mass storage mode" or something that isn't strictly incorrect.
#2: you need to use some brains in running a command.
#2a: DON'T EVER just do stuff you see online. *ALWAYS* research the commands and understand what they do before you run them. Otherwise you *WILL* eventually do something stupid, like "for FILE in /dev/sd?; do dd if=/dev/zero of=$FILE; done", which will wipe every single bit of information in all of your hard disks with zeros. In this case, the command I suggested will do no damage, but you didn't know that...
#2b: There is no such device as /dev/sdcarddevice. This is intended (following #2a) that you replace it with what makes sense ON YOUR SYSTEM, i.e. "sdcarddevice" is variable and will change depending on when/how you attached the device and what other devices are already there. Same with the /some/path/to/etc
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Gee thanks... I thought you were giving me a command that I wasnt aware of...
So the bottom line is that I am still where I started, is there any way to backup the OS & all partitions to my computer that I can restore if necessary??

So something like imaging the sdcard like winhex, and a nandroid or switchrom should be fine. I'll be trying this soon. I need to learn more about the ins and outs first. Please let me know what you find or how u get this to work for u. With dd or whatever. Thanks.

you are making this WAY too complicated, make a nandroid, use BART, move the files over to your computer by dragging and dropping. then do whatever horror you want to do to your phone. if it messes up, then make your partitions again using parted in the recovery console. restore the contents of your sdcard from your computer to your sdcard, restore your nandroid. ta-da
it is not hard to backup your ext3, it is even simpler to backup your fat32. stop over thinking all of this and search a little next time.

You fail, please try again

Yeah makes sence now that I think about it, partitioning the sdcard was pretty ez. I'm just gonna repartition to include a swap and keep that setup for everything and BART the rest. Sometimes I just don't see the answers right away until they are pointed out to me lol sry .....I failed again.

Opps, some how ended up in this topic by mistake

Bootstrap recovery or CWM backup not working

Hello Gentlemen , im having some issues id like to ask about a solution ....
1] Whenever I try to backup while in recovery mode with BootStrap its gives me the following message
no/sdcard/.android_secure found. skipping backup of applications on external storage
backing up cache ....
no sd-ext found .skipping back up of sd-ext found . generating md5 sum....Back-up complete
and if im not mistaken there are back up files in there but i tried once to recover but it said image not found or something like that .. however i know something aint right
where exactly is this folder .android_secure suppose to be, the G [internal] or the external SD memory ? either way i cant make a successful back up ....
i need help , thanking you in advance ...

On a Droid Bionic, the /sdcard directory is the internal storage. I've found that my Bionic hasn't even ever created a .android_secure folder on either internal or external storage.
I also would NOT be concerned about "no sd-ext found". For that to exist, you would have had to manually create it. You would absolutely know if you had an sd-ext partition and you would have had a specific purpose to make it.
Your backup is fine. You have nothing to worry about.

Thank you much
projektorboy said:
on a droid bionic, the /sdcard directory is the internal storage. I've found that my bionic hasn't even ever created a .android_secure folder on either internal or external storage.
I also would not be concerned about "no sd-ext found". For that to exist, you would have had to manually create it. You would absolutely know if you had an sd-ext partition and you would have had a specific purpose to make it.
Your backup is fine. You have nothing to worry about.
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thanking you & wishing you & yours the best of holidays ..

Sony Xperia ZR – Mount ExternalSD2InternalSD

Hi,
This is my first android device, so am pretty much a newbie for android.
Have created this mod to mount external SD card partition as internal partition.
I took pointers from a lot of threads on xda forums to get this working, so I feel bound to share it.
Note: Have only tested it with Android 4.1.
(I'm not responsible for any Damage to your phone. Use at your own risk.)
Note: This will likely result in data loss. Backup!
Required :
1. Root Access
2. init.d support click here
3. Root Browser click here
4. SManager click here
5. An sd card (duh!) (with class 10 SD cards preferable)
6. Some way to partition your SD Card (like MiniTool Partition Manager)
Install instructions:
1. Create two ‘fat32’ partitions on SD card(EDIT: PS: both partitions should be Primary). Your first partition will be mounted as normal extSd card, and your second partition will be mounted as internal SD Card for your apps. (I partitioned my 64GB(10^9 bytes) sd card with ~16 GB 1st partition and ~42 GB 2nd partition)
2. Copy and paste “mountSd” to etc/init.d folder. (If you don’t have such a folder, means you lack init.d support. click here and follow instructions to enable it) This script creates another mount point called ‘sdcard2’ and mounts current internal sd card there. It also tries to mount second partition to ‘sdcard0’ location, but seems to fail some times (as fat32 is not natively supported linux partition it seems, but could be wrong), so step 3 is required.
3. Copy ‘mountSdFailSafe.txt’ to your phone’s ‘/data’ folder. Now with ‘SManager’, register this file as script with ‘su’ and ‘boot’ selected. (click and hold script -> in context menu click ‘Open As..’ -> ‘Script/Executable’ -> Is Script = true, select ‘su’ and ‘boot’ buttons)
4. Restart.
This should do it. Once restarted, second partition will be shown as internal memory.
Note:
You will lose all app data and other app related customizations. You may be able to restore it by simply copy pasting ‘Android’ folder from ‘/storage/sdcard2’ to ‘/storage/sdcard0’. This has not been tested by me but should work theoretically (as I started with a blank phone, and so did not need to back up my app data). Or you could use Titanium Backup.
Some Issues that occur due to this mod:
I have been using this mod since the past 2 weeks, and the phone is quite stable with this mod.
The only issue I have faced is that when connected to PC (Windows 8) through USB, ‘My Computer’ keeps crashing unless and until you disconnect the phone. Otherwise it seems to be working fine. To circumvent this issue I have been using Samba to share files between PC and my phone.
Please share how it works out for you guys.
Other Notes:
I tried to get this working with ext4 partition, which has a +ves that it will not require step ‘3’ of install instructions and supports file sizes >4GB, but there are loads of permission issues happening, which I could not solve.
(Thought of setting “set GID” bit and then finding and adding all users to root group but failed. Also tried to set owner group ‘sdcard_rw’ without much success. May be someone who knows linux better may know how to solve this, Could not find much help on the forums as it seems others are facing a similar problem see more)
Thanks to:
For basic idea (PS: do not use the given method exactly as you will end up in a boot loop. For some reason, ‘sdcard1’ mount point has to be mounted by system only and can’t be mounted any other way, it seems.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
Edit:
Simplified installation if you do not care for easy accessibility to your orig internal memory:
Use this video tutorial by ashwin123:
The only exceptions are that, you need to partition your card,
and you have to use the file 'mountSdFailSafe.txt' instead of the file in the package mentioned by him.

Nice
Waiting for someone to test it n confirm it successfully works
Still here
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NisJ said:
Hi,
This is my first android device, so am pretty much a newbie for android.
Have created this mod to mount external SD card partition as internal partition.
I took pointers from a lot of threads on xda forums to get this working, so I feel bound to share it.
Note: Have only tested it with Android 4.1.
(I'm not responsible for any Damage to your phone. Use at your own risk.)
Note: This will likely result in data loss. Backup!
Required :
1. Root Access
2. init.d support click here
3. Root Browser click here
4. SManager click here
5. An sd card (duh!) (with class 10 SD cards preferable)
6. Some way to partition your SD Card (like MiniTool Partition Manager)
Install instructions:
1. Create two ‘fat32’ partitions on SD card. Your first partition will be mounted as normal extSd card, and your second partition will be mounted as internal SD Card for your apps. (I partitioned my 64GB(10^9 bytes) sd card with ~16 GB 1st partition and ~42 GB 2nd partition)
2. Copy and paste “mountSd” to etc/init.d folder. (If you don’t have such a folder, means you lack init.d support. click here and follow instructions to enable it) This script creates another mount point called ‘sdcard2’ and mounts current internal sd card there. It also tries to mount second partition to ‘sdcard0’ location, but seems to fail some times (as fat32 is not natively supported linux partition it seems, but could be wrong), so step 3 is required.
3. Copy ‘mountSdFailSafe.txt’ to your phone’s ‘/data’ folder. Now with ‘SManager’, register this file as script with ‘su’ and ‘boot’ selected. (click and hold script -> in context menu click ‘Open As..’ -> ‘Script/Executable’ -> Is Script = true, select ‘su’ and ‘boot’ buttons)
4. Restart.
This should do it. Once restarted, second partition will be shown as internal memory.
Note:
You will lose all app data and other app related customizations. You may be able to restore it by simply copy pasting ‘Android’ folder from ‘/storage/sdcard2’ to ‘/storage/sdcard0’. This has not been tested by me but should work theoretically (as I started with a blank phone, and so did not need to back up my app data). Or you could use Titanium Backup.
Some Issues that occur due to this mod:
I have been using this mod since the past 2 weeks, and the phone is quite stable with this mod.
The only issue I have faced is that when connected to PC (Windows 8) through USB, ‘My Computer’ keeps crashing unless and until you disconnect the phone. Otherwise it seems to be working fine. To circumvent this issue I have been using Samba to share files between PC and my phone.
Please share how it works out for you guys.
Other Notes:
I tried to get this working with ext4 partition, which has a +ves that it will not require step ‘3’ of install instructions and supports file sizes >4GB, but there are loads of permission issues happening, which I could not solve.
(Thought of setting “set GID” bit and then finding and adding all users to root group but failed. Also tried to set owner group ‘sdcard_rw’ without much success. May be someone who knows linux better may know how to solve this, Could not find much help on the forums as it seems others are facing a similar problem see more)
Thanks to:
For basic idea (PS: do not use the given method exactly as you will end up in a boot loop. For some reason, ‘sdcard1’ mount point has to be mounted by system only and can’t be mounted any other way, it seems.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
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Am interested to try this but before I do, just wanted to check when you say data is lost, is it due to the lost of the original /data partition? Or just due to the sd card's partition?
What's the outcome when this is done, I mean do we have two data partitions one from the original phone's memory and another with the sdcard? And in the settings menu, will we get to choose to send apps over to sd? Thanks

grim_ripper said:
Am interested to try this but before I do, just wanted to check when you say data is lost, is it due to the lost of the original /data partition? Or just due to the sd card's partition?
What's the outcome when this is done, I mean do we have two data partitions one from the original phone's memory and another with the sdcard? And in the settings menu, will we get to choose to send apps over to sd? Thanks
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Your application data will be lost in a way, as orig internal sd card will be mounted to 'sdcard2' mount point(newly created). All your app data will be installed to your memory card's second partition, which is now the new internal sdcard. To access your orig data, you will have to go to it through a file manager, and apps or media scanner will not be able to access this memory any more.
The scripts provided will not format your internal memory.
Still apk files, dalvik cache etc, will still take up your original internal memory's space.
Partitioning your sd card will probably format it as well unless you take special precaution (ie. through shrink volume).
Hope it makes sense...?

NisJ said:
Your application data will be lost in a way, as orig internal sd card will be mounted to 'sdcard2' mount point(newly created). All your app data will be installed to your memory card's second partition, which is now the new internal sdcard. To access your orig data, you will have to go to it through a file manager, and apps or media scanner will not be able to access this memory any more.
The scripts provided will not format your internal memory.
Still apk files, dalvik cache etc, will still take up your original internal memory's space.
Partitioning your sd card will probably format it as well unless you take special precaution (ie. through shrink volume).
Hope it makes sense...?
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It makes sense, just am confused on how the system will still recognize the original storage when the sd card's storage is supposingly replacing it. Could you post a screen shot of your storage from settings?

grim_ripper said:
It makes sense, just am confused on how the system will still recognize the original storage when the sd card's storage is supposingly replacing it. Could you post a screen shot of your storage from settings?
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Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...

NisJ said:
Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...
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Can u do a tutorial video how to install this script bro?
Cuz the installation steps r bit complicated
Still here
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NisJ said:
Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...
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Phone keeps rebooting now, couldn't copy it to /etc/init.d
I think it has something to do with having data running in the background, now I don't know what to do with my phone
EDIT: Ok, manage to recover from the reboot state, had to deny root access to my file explorer. I think the reboot was caused when I set permission to write for /system. Anyway, everytime I keep trying to copy to /etc/init.d, I get a permission denied so am not sure what I should do now.

grim_ripper said:
Phone keeps rebooting now, couldn't copy it to /etc/init.d
I think it has something to do with having data running in the background, now I don't know what to do with my phone
EDIT: Ok, manage to recover from the reboot state, had to deny root access to my file explorer. I think the reboot was caused when I set permission to write for /system. Anyway, everytime I keep trying to copy to /etc/init.d, I get a permission denied so am not sure what I should do now.
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When ever you copy something to init.d it will reboot, or does it go into boot loop?
To check if it worked correctly, see if new mount point storage/sdcard2 was created..
EDIT: If it worked correctly, then you could move to next step.
else you could also skip it, and goto the next step of SManager, but in that case you will lose access to your original internal storage as it wont be mounted to sdcard2.

E!ch0 said:
Can u do a tutorial video how to install this script bro?
Cuz the installation steps r bit complicated
Still here
N!geR -> E!ch0
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Creating a video will take time at least til sat... prob more.
Will see if I can create a simplified install instructions once i reach home.

NisJ said:
When ever you copy something to init.d it will reboot, or does it go into boot loop?
To check if it worked correctly, see if new mount point storage/sdcard2 was created..
EDIT: If it worked correctly, then you could move to next step.
else you could also skip it, and goto the next step of SManager, but in that case you will lose access to your original internal storage as it wont be mounted to sdcard2.
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What happens is that everytime I try to mount /system as writable, it reboots and hence I can't copy either files to their designated location
EDIT: Also, now everytime I reboot, there's a popup that says USB connectivity has stopped, and if I go under settings->storage, settings fc. I'm thinking this has something to do with two partitions on the sd card so I hope it all goes away when this works or I revert back to as it was.
EDIT 2: So I managed to get all the files to the appropriate place using terminal and managed to get the script to run at boot. Alas, the phone doesn't detect my sdcard at all now and still throws the USB connectivity error at boot. Once I removed the sdcard, everything works alright. Also, I figured the solution to the reboot (haven't tested it yet as I wanted to resolve my sdcard first):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
EDIT 3: Got the reboot solve, but the sdcard can't be read and I tried plugging it into my other phone, the first partition is only read. I can't get minitool to even find the 2nd partition. I am thinking I need to get a card reader to plug it into my laptop. Anyway, I went through your script and open the log file it used, says that there's an invalid argument for mount. Any idea?
Final Edit: Got it working! I had to re-partition my sdcard and made both partitions primary so maybe you might want to add that in OP as MiniTool by default selected the 2nd partition as logical

grim_ripper said:
What happens is that everytime I try to mount /system as writable, it reboots and hence I can't copy either files to their designated location
EDIT: Also, now everytime I reboot, there's a popup that says USB connectivity has stopped, and if I go under settings->storage, settings fc. I'm thinking this has something to do with two partitions on the sd card so I hope it all goes away when this works or I revert back to as it was.
EDIT 2: So I managed to get all the files to the appropriate place using terminal and managed to get the script to run at boot. Alas, the phone doesn't detect my sdcard at all now and still throws the USB connectivity error at boot. Once I removed the sdcard, everything works alright. Also, I figured the solution to the reboot (haven't tested it yet as I wanted to resolve my sdcard first):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
EDIT 3: Got the reboot solve, but the sdcard can't be read and I tried plugging it into my other phone, the first partition is only read. I can't get minitool to even find the 2nd partition. I am thinking I need to get a card reader to plug it into my laptop. Anyway, I went through your script and open the log file it used, says that there's an invalid argument for mount. Any idea?
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Why are you trying to mount /system as rw?
for getting init.d support you just have to download the apk from mentioned thread and install it, and then fallow instruction in app.
you can mount root as rw with the foll command if you want, and that is exactly what is done in he scripts as well if you will check:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
also to check if partition is created on sd card, type the command:
Code:
blkid
and see if
Code:
/dev/block/vold/179:34
is listed
if not post the output and i'll see what i can do.
grim_ripper said:
Final Edit: Got it working! I had to re-partition my sdcard and made both partitions primary so maybe you might want to add that in OP as MiniTool by default selected the 2nd partition as logical
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EDIT: Correct, you need both the partitions to be primary. got out of my mind when posting the tutorial.

NisJ said:
Why are you trying to mount /system as rw?
for getting init.d support you just have to download the apk from mentioned thread and install it, and then fallow instruction in app.
you can mount root as rw with the foll command if you want, and that is exactly what is done in he scripts as well if you will check:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
also to check if partition is created on sd card, type the command:
Code:
blkid
and see if
Code:
/dev/block/vold/179:34
is listed
if not post the output and i'll see what i can do.
EDIT: Correct, you need both the partitions to be primary. got out of my mind when posting the tutorial.
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For whatever reason, my /etc folder is actually a link from /system/etc

Could you post a way to revert back? I think my apps are acting all funny now and just want to revert back to before. Thanks!

grim_ripper said:
Could you post a way to revert back? I think my apps are acting all funny now and just want to revert back to before. Thanks!
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The apps are behaving funny because you have lost their data as I had warned in the original post.
To fix do either of the foll:
1. reinstall app, and start fresh.
or
2. restore from Titanium backup if you had created...
or
3. copy paste 'Android' folder from sdcard2 if it is created to 'sdcard0'
To remove and revert, just delete the files from int.d, and stop scheduling it in SManger.
Note: to un schedule it from smanager, you first have to remove memory card, un schedule and then put in your memory card (this is coz when phone boots up, it is in standard way, with 8gb internal but, after script is executed SManager looses its data too.

How complicated will it be to make this compatible with 4.2.2?

grim_ripper said:
How complicated will it be to make this compatible with 4.2.2?
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Ideally should be possible, unless something has changed majorly, but I haven't tried it, as am waiting for OTA update. If it is not forth coming in 2-3 weeks, may be tempted to flash nordic rom and try.

NisJ said:
Ideally should be possible, unless something has changed majorly, but I haven't tried it, as am waiting for OTA update. If it is not forth coming in 2-3 weeks, may be tempted to flash nordic rom and try.
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I did try but nothing happened, am guessing it has permission issues or something on those lines

grim_ripper said:
I did try but nothing happened, am guessing it has permission issues or something on those lines
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Could you be more specific? Like system restarts etc...
Else in terminal try out what I Gave in post no 12 and give me what the output is for both the commands in the terminal.
Note: execute them with super user credentials.
Thanks

NisJ said:
Could you be more specific? Like system restarts etc...
Else in terminal try out what I Gave in post no 12 and give me what the output is for both the commands in the terminal.
Note: execute them with super user credentials.
Thanks
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on the 4.2.2 update, it doesnt recognize the second partition even if it is formatted to primary and set to active. there r definitely some updates done in that field and plus i cant get the init.d rights on the phone as the test.log file is absent in the data folder..no matter what i do i just cant get it straight with the present procedure. please try it on 4.2 and there r more frequent updates on the nordiac then the local version. so i decided to flash it rather than waiting for ota update

[MOD] ZTE Blade S6 (P839F30) partitioning storage

Hi,
if you feel like repartitioning your device or just try something new. Now you can...
I had a look at the partitions of our device and thought of merging the userdata and sdcard0 partitions to gain more space and using the newer storage layout with data/media. After searching I found some infos, changed a script and voila it worked and now I have one partition for data and media.
Preparation:
Caution playing with the partition table is very risky and can damage your device permanently or to say it can brick!!!
Make every backup you can thing of!
So maybe go into QHSUSB__BULK mode by using attached Send_Command.exe like stated below, where comport is your actual port like COM9.
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\comport
# ENTER
More infos here.
Get a copy of HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool or similar like EMMCRAW. Make a hard copy of your device memory.
Make definitively a TWRP backup.
Now use this zip and flash it via TWRP, note that you should put the zip on a external sd card or use adb sideload.
Next you should got into wipe and select format data, type yes and acknowledge it.
Now you should have more than 11GB as data storage, see pics in the attachment.
When you do the switch you should also switch TWRP to one which do not support sdcard0, cause this partition is gone
Please note: This mod will like not work properly if your using stock rom from zte!
I also made a zip for spliting and recreating the sdcard0 and userdata partitions, after using it, you should also format data like described above. And format your new sdcard0 partition properly as fat. This zip works also, I tested it. Maybe one can improve the script, saving extra formating the partitions.
This zip should provide infos about the partitions of your device...
Credits:
petrov.0 and his thread, which has all infos and the original zip files, which I modified

awesome, thanks a lot for sharing!
makes this device useable much better!

lightwars said:
Hi,
if you feel like repartitioning your device or just try something new. Now you can...
I had a look at the partitions of our device and thought of merging the userdata and sdcard0 partitions to gain more space and using the newer storage layout with data/media. After searching I found some infos, changed a script and voila it worked and now I have one partition for data and media.
Preparation:
Caution playing with the partition table is very risky and can damage your device permanently or to say it can brick!!!
Make every backup you can thing of!
So maybe go into QHSUSB__BULK mode by using attached Send_Command.exe like stated below, where comport is your actual port like COM9.
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\comport
# ENTER
More infos here.
Get a copy of HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool or similar like EMMCRAW. Make a hard copy of your device memory.
Make definitively a TWRP backup.
Now use this zip and flash it via TWRP, note that you should put the zip on a external sd card or use adb sideload.
Next you should got into wipe and select format data, type yes and acknowledge it.
Now you should have more than 11GB as data storage, see pics in the attachment.
When you do the switch you should also switch TWRP to one which do not support sdcard0, cause this partition is gone
Please note: This mod will like not work properly if your using stock rom from zte!
I also made a zip for spliting and recreating the sdcard0 and userdata partitions, after using it, you should also format data like described above. And format your new sdcard0 partition properly as fat. This zip works also, I tested it. Maybe one can improve the script, saving extra formating the partitions.
Credits:
petrov.0 and his thread, which has all infos and the original zip files, which I modified
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How can I switch TWRP? "When you do the switch you should also switch TWRP to one which do not support sdcard0, cause this partition is gone"

done hope everything works fine now ...90min of sweating..

there is an easiest way to do it? unfortunately I did not understand much, you can explain step by step how to do

it works for eu devices ?????

sir jufer said:
it works for eu devices ?????
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do not know, no device to test with. try the zip, which should show some infos about the partition layout, actually it didn't worked out on my device, like it should...
If it do not work for you: it should copied sgdisk on your device to /tmp/sgdisk. Still in recovery use in the terminal or via adb shell the following commands:
Code:
/tmp/sgdisk -p /dev/block/mmcblk0
/tmp/sgdisk --info=30 /dev/block/mmcblk0
/tmp/sgdisk --info=31 /dev/block/mmcblk0
copy your recovery log to sd and post it here.

ok i do it, now i have 11.41gb storage but i cant save nothing on it, why.... no external storage avaible
How can I switch TWRP? "When you do the switch you should also switch TWRP to one which do not support sdcard0, cause this partition is gone"

muzungu77 said:
ok i do it, now i have 11.41gb storage but i cant save nothing on it, why.... no external storage avaible
How can I switch TWRP? "When you do the switch you should also switch TWRP to one which do not support sdcard0, cause this partition is gone"
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try recovery-twrp2870-p839f30-physical.img from here.

nForce said:
try recovery-twrp2870-p839f30-physical.img from here.
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ive yet recovery-twrp2870-p839f30-physical.img
i have as version, so i installed that recovery, the install mod , all fine but if i try to snap a photo the system tell me no ext memory avaible

Help guys!! After install CM12.1 I've flashed this mod on my EU device but it doesn't work. I've made a full wipe and now I have a nice bricked phone without an OS installed. The phone can't mount E: internal storage and I can't install an other ROM.
Is there any way to make the phone useful again? Thanks!!

Did you flashed recovery for external SD card first? @mir2006

Jaglicic said:
Did you flashed recovery for external SD card first? @mir2006
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How can I do this?? There is any "how to"?
Once installed, what can I do?? Thanks for all

mir2006 said:
How can I do this?? There is any "how to"?
Once installed, what can I do?? Thanks for all
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Read first post... Sorry, That's only I can tell you.. I followed the instructions in the OP and all went well...

mir2006 said:
Help guys!! After install CM12.1 I've flashed this mod on my EU device but it doesn't work. I've made a full wipe and now I have a nice bricked phone without an OS installed. The phone can't mount E: internal storage and I can't install an other ROM.
Is there any way to make the phone useful again? Thanks!!
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Have you read the whole op?
Which back up do you have?
Why were you doing the full wipe of all? Just need to format data partition,which will erase all settings you have done in cm and also files you habe saved there.
Use an external sd card to install the rom again.
Visit the linked modaco thread,there grab the recovery template zip and also the TWRP for emulated internal storage and place it inside the zip file,like described there.Flash it and reboot.
BTW the mod was not tested on EU Variante devices or none reported back here.cause I gave instructions to get the partition infos for these devices.

lightwars said:
Have you read the whole op?
Which back up do you have?
Why were you doing the full wipe of all? Just need to format data partition,which will erase all settings you have done in cm and also files you habe saved there.
Use an external sd card to install the rom again.
Visit the linked modaco thread,there grab the recovery template zip and also the TWRP for emulated internal storage and place it inside the zip file,like described there.Flash it and reboot.
BTW the mod was not tested on EU Variante devices or none reported back here.cause I gave instructions to get the partition infos for these devices.
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Thank you guys! The mod works perfectly on my EU device and I could install CM again

HDD Raw Copy Tool won't recognize my phone while in QSHUSB_BULK mode... any hint?

Have your pc mounted several partitions and most have to be Format,which you should not do?? When this is not the case you are not in the right mode.

lightwars said:
Have your pc mounted several partitions and most have to be Format,which you should not do?? When this is not the case you are not in the right mode.
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it's not the case that my phone is bricked, it's fully functional but i wanted to grab a full raw backup before doing the partition mod
when it's powered on and connected to my pc with debugging enabled i get no COM-Port in device Manager.
when it's powered down and i connect it while pressing Vol-UP+Vol-Down i get a COM-Port and i install the QSHUSB_BULK driver i see a COM-Port but no drives show up in device Manager...
what step am i missing?
which methods are there to set the phone in download mode?
thank you!

eis0r said:
it's not the case that my phone is bricked, it's fully functional but i wanted to grab a full raw backup before doing the partition mod
when it's powered on and connected to my pc with debugging enabled i get no COM-Port in device Manager.
when it's powered down and i connect it while pressing Vol-UP+Vol-Down i get a COM-Port and i install the QSHUSB_BULK driver i see a COM-Port but no drives show up in device Manager...
what step am i missing?
which methods are there to set the phone in download mode?
thank you!
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Yes,that is what I meant,your not in the right mode,when you cannot see any disks.
Try the methode described in the OP.
lightwars said:
So maybe go into QHSUSB__BULK mode by using attached Send_Command.exe like stated below, where comport is your actual port like COM9.
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\comport
# ENTER
More infos here.
Get a copy of HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool or similar like EMMCRAW. Make a hard copy of your device memory.
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Making an exact copy

Hey everyone.
So a few days ago I unfortunately dropped my nexus 6, destroying the screen. It's fully blacked out with no sense of touch. That's what I get for not using a case right. Anyway, I am looking to order a new one very soon and I would like to be able to pick up exactly where I have left off. Because the phone is in completely working condition besides the screen (Proven by using airdroid, android control and adb, as well as my lightflow and everything acting normally) I was wondering what I need to do to be able to put everything onto my new phone. What I think I need to do is run a TWRP backup of system, data, and boot by using the command line, as seen here. After that, I believe I need to use the adb pull command. Once that is all done, can I simply put TWRP onto my new devices, restore the backup, use adb push to replace the contents of my /sdcard partition and boot up as if it were the old device? I think I have it figured out here but, I wanted to run it by the smart people of xda. A couple of notes, although I assume it is irrelevant, are that I am running the PureNexus Project ROM, Elementalx on 6.0.1 unlocked.
Thanks,
TriguyRN

And I'm sorry everyone, this was meant to be put in the Q and A section :/

triguyrn said:
And I'm sorry everyone, this was meant to be put in the Q and A section :/
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You would be best advised not to do that. You could mess up your device alot to the point of bricking it. If you back up anything only back up the data partition as that is where your apps are.

zelendel said:
You would be best advised not to do that. You could mess up your device alot to the point of bricking it. If you back up anything only back up the data partition as that is where your apps are.
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agreed you can probably get away with a /data restore after reinstalling your rom but transplanting /system or boot partitions could easily go south. Best to reinstall purenexus with the zip.

zelendel said:
You would be best advised not to do that. You could mess up your device alot to the point of bricking it. If you back up anything only back up the data partition as that is where your apps are.
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So if I understand this correctly, /data contains my appdata and that apps themselves, while /sdcard contains some extra documents etc. correct? Assuming yes, then I should back/restore up the data partition in TWRP and selectively movie around some folders from my /sdcard backup to my new device. Thank you for the advice and moving my thread.

triguyrn said:
So if I understand this correctly, /data contains my appdata and that apps themselves, while /sdcard contains some extra documents etc. correct? Assuming yes, then I should back/restore up the data partition in TWRP and selectively movie around some folders from my /sdcard backup to my new device. Thank you for the advice and moving my thread.
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if you backup /data you'll have all your apps and internal storage files. /sdcard is just a shortcut pointing to /data/media/0 which is where your documents and whatnot are actually stored.

StykerB said:
if you backup /data you'll have all your apps and internal storage files. /sdcard is just a shortcut pointing to /data/media/0 which is where your documents and whatnot are actually stored.
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This is incorrect.
A TWRP backup of /data *does NOT* backup your internal storage. That's the reason that there's a different option.
Same way that if you wipe /data it doesn't erase your sdcard (internal storage, we don't have sdcards).
You are correct though, /data/media/0 is *technically* where the internal storage is located. However a /data backup will not back this up as it traditionally skips the /data/media directory completely to prevent crazy issues on devices without a true sdcard.
Think about it.
You have 32gb of device storage. Let's say you have a ton of music, movies, documents and such on your internal storage/sdcard totaling 15-20gb. Even with a full /system, /data, /boot backup... it averages about 3-5gb. There's no way that it's getting that level of compression and backing up the 15-20 gb of stored files you have.
On top of that, it would have to include the backed up backup in the backup since it was also on internal storage, casuing a cycle that would simply fill up the device before failing due to a lack of free space.
Realistically, the only way to backup the internal storage is by using a usb-otg device as the target. Or by manally copying everything from there off to a computer.