[Q] Backup data partition using ADB - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys!
I need a small help, is it possible to backup the entire /data partition without using a recovery (like cwm)? Like using ADB?
My device is rooted and I have adb insecure access.

try
Code:
adb pull data data

gregbradley said:
try
Code:
adb pull data data
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This wasn't getting all the files and permissions, I used dd to backup the entire partition image, now I got it on my Ubuntu
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HTC one HELP

Dear All,
I have a HTC ONE with TWP recovery and i made a WIPE of Dalvin Cache,cache,Data and System. So now how can i install the Revolution HD 11 from this point?
Thanks
Push the rom into your sd with the code:
Code:
adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard/0
or
Code:
adb push name_of_rom.zip /data/media
and flash it.
Or use the adb sideload function.
thanks
Guich said:
Push the rom into your sd with the code:
Code:
adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard/0
or
Code:
adb push name_of_rom.zip /data/media
and flash it.
Or use the adb sideload function.
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Dear Guich,
Sir, thanks for your replay and help... so the problem i made is by WIPING the system partition or something else?
Thanks
senadaruc said:
Dear Guich,
Sir, thanks for your replay and help... so the problem i made is by WIPING the system partition or something else?
Thanks
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Wiping system leaves you with no OS to boot up, then you WIPED data and that leaves you no ROM.zip to flash an OS.
To conclude, wiping both system and data leaves you in a black hole until you follow Guich's guide
thanks
ryryzz said:
Wiping system leaves you with no OS to boot up, then you WIPED data and that leaves you no ROM.zip to flash an OS.
To conclude, wiping both system and data leaves you in a black hole until you follow Guich's guide
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Dear All.
Thanks for your kind help and yes i made it now my phone is alive
Thanks

[GUIDE] [Universal] Backuping & Restoring IMG files [W/O PC]

Hey guys, today I'm going to tell you how to backup & restore few things of your phone without using a pc. This guide is divided into two parts: 1st post contains a guide to backup things & 2nd post contains two methods two restore the backup. So let's get started without wasting any time...
Things you gonna need:
1) Busybox installed (Stericson is recommended)
3) A SD-Card inserted to your phone with some free space to backup things
2) Any terminal emulator
3) Patience & some common sense (not HTC Sense )
First I'll say you how to backup things & later I'll say how to restore them...
How To Backup:
• Boot.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/backups/boot.img
• Cache.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/sdcard/backups/cache.img
• Logo.bin :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/backups/logo.bin
• Nvram.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/backups/nvram.img
• Recovery.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/sdcard/backups/recovery.img
• System.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/backups/system.img
• Userdata.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/sdcard/backups/userdata.img
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If this post helped you then please hit thanks, & feel free to ask any doubts or questions...
Restoring in 2 methods
In this second post I'll tell you how to restore the backups in two different methods...
How To Restore in 1st Method:
• Boot.img* :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
• Cache.img* :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/cache.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15
• Logo.bin :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/logo.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
• Nvram.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/nvram.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
• Recovery.img :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
• System.img* :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14
• Userdata.img* :
In terminal emulator type the following:
dd if=/sdcard/backups/userdata.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16
(* = Not recommended to restore while your phone is on, unless you know what you are doing)
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How To Restore in 2nd Method(Recommended):
1) Download the attachment below, named 'Restore.zip'
2) Extract the contents of the zip somewhere on your SD card.
3) Replace the dummy files,which you find when you extract the zip, with the backups you made above.
4) Don't forget to delete the dummy files which you don't need to restore.
5) Again compress the contents.
6) Boot to recovery & flash the zip which you just compressed with the backups.
7) Your backup will be restored, enjoy... :good:
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F.A.Qs
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Where does the backup gets stored?
A: It's in sdcard/backups/
Q: While backuping/restoring in terminal emulator I get Access Denied or something message like that.
A: Make sure your phone is rooted & don't forget to type "su" in terminal emulator before following any of the steps above.
Q: Why is second method of restoring recommended?
A: Because it restores the backup in recovery, so that you don't brick up your device while restoring system.img or few other backups while phone is on.
Q: Then why did you posted the first method?
A: First method of restoring is only for advanced users, who knows what they are doing.
Q: Can I use this method of backuping in my non-mtk device?
A: No, you can't, this guide is strictly only for MTK devices.
Q: I want to contribute/donate to you, where can I?
A: I'm still 14,& I don't need any money. Instead you can hit thanks. And if you liked my work that's enough for me.
Q: I have some "xxxx" question/doubt.
A: Feel free to comment below.
there is no way to backup without root or unlock the bootloader? even if it requires a pc its ok
austinpinto said:
there is no way to backup without root or unlock the bootloader? even if it requires a pc its ok
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I'll make a new guide on that very soon, maybe this coming Sunday...
Taking a nandroid will cover all this right?
I am on cwm recovery, cm11-3. My sdcard path is '/storage/sdcard0' in stead of '/sdcard'. Replaced the correct path and took backup. Thanks for the nice post.
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miscos said:
I am on cwm recovery, cm11-3. My sdcard path is '/storage/sdcard0' in stead of '/sdcard'. Replaced the correct path and took backup. Thanks for the nice post.
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Welcome my friend...
akhil1999 said:
Taking a nandroid will cover all this right?
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Yeah, it'll...
can you please make a guide to backup non rooted devices with bootloader locked? even if it requires a pc its ok
Download a custom recovery.
Boot into fastboot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Then backup!
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akhil1999 said:
Download a custom recovery.
Boot into fastboot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Then backup!
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i did this.
the backup finished properly.
i got 2 .img files 1 md5 file and some .tar files some .tar.a files and 1.tar.b file.
now i tried opening .tar file with 7zip i get error no trailing records 0 filled records found then i tried opening .tar.a files the files open properly but when i go to extract something it shows error unable to open output file when i open .tar.b files i get 7zip cannot open.tar.b as archive.
can some1 tell me what is the problem?
i did using touch recovery is this the best recovery to do backup? if no please give link for some other recovery
Why are you opening it?
If you have to restore then boot into recovery again and restore.
If you want apps, etc. there's an app that can extract apps from a nandroid
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akhil1999 said:
Why are you opening it?
If you have to restore then boot into recovery again and restore.
If you want apps, etc. there's an app that can extract apps from a nandroid
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Just to view the contents of the tar files I tried opening
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Can u give link for that app that extract apps from the tar
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Its called "Nandroid Manager * Root"
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Great
Devam03 said:
Great
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Thanks & if you liked please don't forget to hit thanks...
EDIT: It works with the 8GB versions of Android One.
I implemented this method using built in twrp's terminal. I did it without root my device.
nothinkinc said:
I implemented this method using built in twrp's terminal. I did it without root my device.
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how did u do.
i want a way of backuping which i can later restore using fastboot

Xperia Complete Backup?

Is there a way to completely backup the phone? All partitions (kernel/system etc.)? Preferably something that I can run with the phone connected to a PC.
I thought this might have been possible with FlashTool, but it only seems to be capable of pushing stuff onto the phone rather than pulling, which seems a bit odd.
Is TWRP or similar the only method?
Mroid said:
Is there a way to completely backup the phone? All partitions (kernel/system etc.)? Preferably something that I can run with the phone connected to a PC.
I thought this might have been possible with FlashTool, but it only seems to be capable of pushing stuff onto the phone rather than pulling, which seems a bit odd.
Is TWRP or similar the only method?
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i was have tool here but it under upgrading to support z3+ and z5
maybe release it and maybe not
you can do it manually if you have minimal adb
by
Code:
adb shell
su
1. for Boot
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
2. for System
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/system.img
3. for Data
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata of=/sdcard/userdata.img
4. TA
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/TA of=/sdcard/TA.img
md5 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/TA TA.img
this will make dump of your partition to your sdcard
to pull it to pc use
adb pull /sdcard/your_partition.img .[COLOR="Red"]\[/COLOR]
Remember
1. you must have space for backup on your internal storage
2. i recommend you Backup-TA by DevShaft for TA partition
hit thanks if helped

full-backup partition tool - script for terminal

I made a script to backup any partition in our A7:
YOU HAVE TO BE ROOT, TO USE IT.
To run it simply push to the sdcard fire up adb shell to launch the script.
from the computer while connected to the A7 with usb debugging turned on
Code:
adb push PATH_to_the_script/full-backup.sh /sdcard
and
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
sh full-backup.sh
you will see a menu to choose which partition to backup.
As in the attachment.
enjoy, and please hit the thanks button.
the script v1.00
and a terminal screenshot.
Could you use terminal emulator to run this from on the phone thus cutting out the need for a pc?
ultramag69 said:
Could you use terminal emulator to run this from on the phone thus cutting out the need for a pc?
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yes you could run it directly form the device:
fire up a terminal emulator app:
RUN IT AS ROOT
Code:
su
sh /sdcard/full-backup.sh
thank you. we can backup unmodified firmware via this tool right?
RealSchule said:
thank you. we can backup unmodified firmware via this tool right?
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So you need to be root to use this script, so not really..
RealSchule said:
thank you. we can backup unmodified firmware via this tool right?
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The root modifed just the boot partition so you could backup every stock partition but the stock boot... but you could get the stock boot from other places...
manu7irl said:
The root modifed just the boot partition so you could backup every stock partition but the stock boot... but you could get the stock boot from other places...
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we can backup all images except boot.img with this tool but we can find boot.img from other topic. so we have full stock images right?
If you have root you can backup every single partition. This is not full stock rom! This is for backup and restore easily.
manu7irl said:
If you have root you can backup every single partition. This is not full stock rom! This is for backup and restore easily.
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So what is the process to restore these images? Is it as simple as flashing in twrp?
Go in TWRP, fire up adb shell on your PC, then do:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/[backup_folder]/[partition].img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/[partition_name]
example:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/backup-part/[date-folder]/system.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system
I will also make a restore part in this little script. If you are intersting in one to do so.
Sure that would be great. Thanks.
manu7irl said:
Go in TWRP, fire up adb shell on your PC, then do:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/[backup_folder]/[partition].img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/[partition_name]
example:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/backup-part/[date-folder]/system.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system
I will also make a restore part in this little script. If you are intersting in one to do so.
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Been waiting for just that.

[GUIDE] Backup EFS Partition Without A Decryptable TWRP [No Root Required]

As there is no decryptable TWRP, it isn't as easy as before to bakcup the EFS partition. But doing it via Terminal isn't too difficult. I didn't find a good tutorial that isn't burried somewhere on the internet. And none for the 7T Pro (though the commands and partitions are the same on older OnePlus devices.
If you already know how to boot TWRP or you already have it, go to the second instructions list and skip the first one.
I am not responsible if anything goes wrong. You do this at your own risk!
Requirements:
- An unlocked bootloader
- Working adb and fastboot (e.g. Google's Platform Tools)
- Download a bootable TWRP
Instructions to boot TWRP:
- Connect your device via USB
- Go to Settings > Developer Settings > Enable Advanced Reboot Menu
- Hold down the power button and select "Bootloader"
- In the bootloader use (It won't modify anything, you simply boot into TWRP once and after a reboot it's "gone".)
Code:
fastboot boot NameOfTWRPImage.img
Instructions to backup EFS:
If TWRP has booted, type the following into your computers' terminal one after the other:
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/sdf2 of=/tmp/modemst1.bin bs=2048
dd if=/dev/block/sdf3 of=/tmp/modemst2.bin bs=2048
exit
adb pull /tmp/modemst1.bin modemst1.bin
adb pull /tmp/modemst2.bin modemst2.bin
This will copy modemst files to the temporary folder on the phone (which can be accessed though the data is lost after a reboot) and "adb pull" copies them from the device to the user's profile folder on Windows or Mac. You have successfully backed up the EFS partition!
Please note that this could be performed with root permissions on a booted device. Though I always prefer backing up files with a non-booted system. Also this guide will work if you're not rooted.
Is it possible to backup all system and data so we dont have to setup everything in the device after a factory reset? I mean, that backup we all were used to in TWRP.
Best regards
lucfig said:
Is it possible to backup all system and data so we dont have to setup everything in the device after a factory reset? I mean, that backup we all were used to in TWRP.
Best regards
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Unfortunately not. Backing up EFS doesn't require decryption as it's not stored on /data. Everything on /data can't be backed up afaik.
Also /vendor and /system can't be mounted as of now making a Nandroid backup impossible.
Macusercom said:
Unfortunately not. Backing up EFS doesn't require decryption as it's not stored on /data. Everything on /data can't be backed up afaik.
Also /vendor and /system can't be mounted as of now making a Nandroid backup impossible.
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Thanks.
That is a shame. At least titanium backup still working great.
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Macusercom, thank you for the guide!
Now how do we restore them? With the opposite dd command?
Or we can just flash them directly via fastboot?
Also, what is the full list of partitions which contain data unique to this specific device?
I mean all these EFS, persist, IMEI, screen/touch calibration data, all sensors factory calibration data, fingerprints, etc.
Is it only EFS + persist or there are more of them?

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