Hi all,
I'm wondering if it's okay to enable encryption thru Settings>Data Encryption>Data device encryption/Storage encryption while having Safestrap installed. Safestrap is V3.05. Also, would Safestrap effectively be able to make new backups, and restore those backups, if the partitions are encrypted?
Thanks in advance,
Strelok
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I am thinking of encrypting my HD+ (Settings>Security>Encrypt Tablet). As far as I can see this means simply that the /data partition will be encrypted and that CWM is afterwards not able to access this anymore (ie for backups or restores). I can do a complete backup by other means, but how would I be able to restore that?
Will the recovery still boot and will I then be able to format/wipe /data? Probably not because /data is not mounted!?
Also, what happens if I want to update the system, say to a newer version of CM?
So no one's ever tried to encrypt their HD/HD+?
I am still investigating this "problem" and it seems that quite a few people have run into trouble after encrypting their tablet (TWRP Recovery seems to support an encrypted /data partition but CWM doesn't... correct me if I'm wrong).
So here's a question for the Linux gurus: if I have booted an encrypted tablet and have opened a terminal window with full root access, will I be able to unmount and reformat the /data partition? After that I should be able to reboot into recovery and restore a backup.
Hi guys!
Yesterday I unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM and SuperSU. Today I installed the Titanum backup and started backuping. Now I wonder how to restore the backups if the app was deleted once? Let's say I want to install a custom ROM and it wipes all my data. How can I restore the backups I did today?
Skanin said:
Hi guys!
Yesterday I unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM and SuperSU. Today I installed the Titanum backup and started backuping. Now I wonder how to restore the backups if the app was deleted once? Let's say I want to install a custom ROM and it wipes all my data. How can I restore the backups I did today?
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Reinstall TiBU from the Play Store after you installed the custom ROM. In TiBU, locate the backups you've made (preferably in a safe location on your external SD) and restore the apps/settings you want. Be careful though, because not all settings/apps will work on a different ROM.
Please visit the TiBU website for further info:
http://www.matrixrewriter.com/android/
With TB Pro you can generate a CWM flashable TB install ZIP
What I do :
- TB backups are on a SDCard
- TB backups are copied on an external HDD from time to time and always before Rom upgrade
- TB flashable ZIP is generated at every TB update and ZIP copied to external HDD
Doing this allows me to update Rom without stress. I always also do a Nandroid backup just in case
One may say I'm paranoid but doing this way I never lost any data or software and always restored from a crashed Rom update
BTW : always remember TB needs root so this is a prerequisite !
Skanin said:
Hi guys!
Yesterday I unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM and SuperSU. Today I installed the Titanum backup and started backuping. Now I wonder how to restore the backups if the app was deleted once? Let's say I want to install a custom ROM and it wipes all my data. How can I restore the backups I did today?
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/storage/sdcard0 (Internal)
/starage/sdcard1 (SD Card)
By default TB puts backups in /sdcar0/TitaniumBackup. If you uninstall TB your backups will remain making it a great tool when wiping/switching ROMs. Once TB is re-installed it will read your backups from that folder and you will be able to perform restore functions within the app.
If you do a factory wipe (aka full wipe) in TWRP (not sure about CWM) neither /sdcard0 or /sdcard1 will be touched.
As @Howell has pointed out there are many ways to backup your backups, and restore backups. TB has many options and ways to backup/restore your data. Similar to Howell, every couple weeks I will copy both /sdcards to my computer for safe keeping. If you buy the pro version (recommended) then you can schedule backups, and have more than one backup of an app - I have found multiple backups useful if an update to an Xposed module breaks certain functions since they aren't always device specific.
Typically I do not backup any system apps or data because as @Don MC pointed out these don't always restore properly when switching ROMs (even if it's an update to the same ROM). SMS/MMS data is an exception I guess. I have a few system apps such as my lockscreen.apk and SystemUI.apk backed up, but only because they conflicted with some Xposed modules.
Hi all, I'm trying to make a backup using version 2.8.4.0. When I swipe to start the process it fails, telling me it is unable to mount storage. Where would I make the change to allow twrp access to the storage?
I'm unlocked, rooted, stock 5.0.1 and franko kernel
TIA
Can you upload logs please?
Larzzzz82 said:
Hi all, I'm trying to make a backup using version 2.8.4.0. When I swipe to start the process it fails, telling me it is unable to mount storage. Where would I make the change to allow twrp access to the storage?
I'm unlocked, rooted, stock 5.0.1 and franko kernel
TIA
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Go in to mounts and mount your storage. Should be as simple as that.
Did you have a otg plugged in then you need to change selected storage
I know this thread is old, but i'm now having this issue and can't find a resolution, was there one found? I've tried everything listed in this thread.
Is there a way to root this phone without losing data, settings and apps? In my previous phone (Cubot X9), I was able to download this app called Kingroot and it rooted my phone with just a click and all my data, settings and apps were intact.
Is there a way to backup the data and then after root, restore the data?
Main reason I want to root the phone is to disable the vibration when unlocking the phone with fingerprint and also to enable the notification led.
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Is there a way to root this phone without losing data, settings and apps? In my previous phone (Cubot X9), I was able to download this app called Kingroot and it rooted my phone with just a click and all my data, settings and apps were intact.
Is there a way to backup the data and then after root, restore the data?
Main reason I want to root the phone is to disable the vibration when unlocking the phone with fingerprint and also to enable the notification led.
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No apps like 'kingoroot' will work.
For getting root, you need to unlock bootloader, which will erase everything on phone (apps/photos/videos/anything on internal storage), you can take backup of internal storage (photos/videos/etc) but i don't think it's possible to backup app's data without root.
Then you will have to install TWRP and then Root of your choice. (Magisk is recommended if safetynet matters to you.)
[There is encryption on stock ROM by default, and it caused me to wipe my device again after installing stuffs on my device, so after you get your device working fine, then only restore data to internal storage back, till then keep it safe on external or PC.]
Rooting Note 8 SM-N950F without wiping data
Is it possible?
And if not possible, how to I restore from backup after the root? Cause I want to keep all my data after the root.
Someone told me that if I restore from backup after the root process, the data will be encrypted, what does that mean? That I will not be able to read or write anything I restored?
Thanks for whomever answers :good:
I thought it was using the easy root method (no TWRP) but when I rebooted it had wiped the entire device.
Not possible by the looks of it.
WillHouli96 said:
Rooting Note 8 SM-N950F without wiping data
Is it possible?
And if not possible, how to I restore from backup after the root? Cause I want to keep all my data after the root.
Someone told me that if I restore from backup after the root process, the data will be encrypted, what does that mean? That I will not be able to read or write anything I restored?
Thanks for whomever answers :good:
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Unfortunately the samfail process is going to replace the system and when flashing the files will require a full wipe to complete it.
This is just the 1st time to get onto rooted cfw. Once there you can use safestrap twrp and make full backups or you can use flashfire.
Otherwise use smartswitch app and backup data to sd then restore that way, the pc smart switch route is broken once rooted.
What if I would backup with Samsung cloud? Or Google drive?
You have Exynos so SamFail is not for your phone. You would be rooting after installing TWRP. Unfortunately TWRP will require you to remove encryption initially which requires formatting the data partition.
What data did you want to backup? Like app data?
Internal storage won't get wiped but if you don't format to remove encryption after installing TWRP you will no longer be able to access it when trying to boot to system. Internal storage is easy to backup, just copy to dekstop or external storage.
To back up app data without root, I believe these days there are a few options now. Check out Helium. I don't have any experience with it but I hear that's a good one for app data backup without root. After you do root & get settled, Titanium Back Up has always worked great for me.