IMEI/EFS BACKUP
What is EFS/IMEI ?
Every Phone has a partition which contains data relating to your IMEI ,radio settings,data profiles etc.. This in particular is famous with Samsung devices which have the root /EFS folder and which is higly recommended to be backed up before flashing any Custom ROMs..However there is a common misconception that there is no EFS partition for the Nexus since there is no root /EFS Directory and everything is contained in dev/blocks ..
On the Nexus 4 the IMEI info is stored in the three blocks
m9kefs1 (/dev/block/mmcblk0p8)
m9kefs2 (/dev/block/mmcblk0p9)
m9kefs3 (/dev/block/mmcblk0p10)
These blocks contain all the IMEI info pertaining to your device.This data is highly Device specific that means each device has a different data in each block unlike the blocks for recovery,boot which are common for all . So EFS/IMEI of your device is Unique to your phone itself and hence it is necessary to backup your EFS.
WHY BACKUP EFS ?
1) Some points have been covered in the What section itself ( Unique to each device, important data)
2) Sometimes during a flash or even otherwise there is a bad block in your partition which corrupts a part of the EFS/IMEI partition . You are left with nothing but a dead weight you can use as a tablet without calling features or you will need to revert back to baseband version .27(This baseband seems magical since it still is able to read the corrupted data) and Android 4.2.2 .This makes it essential to backup your current partitions to flash the same if ever the same problem occurs with your device.
HOW TO BACKUP ?
FLASHABLE ZIP
Original Script from Nexus 5 thread courtesy @autoprime modified for the Nexus 4
*Download Nexus_4_Backup_EFS.zip to your SD Card from Links below!!
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*Flash the same with TWRP/CWM no wipes needed-reboot
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*This will create a flashable zip (efsbackupflashable.zip) in /sdcard/EFS_Backup/ ...
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*If you can't find it under /sdcard/EFS_Backup/... try /data/media/EFS_Backup/ instead. (Thanks @pincher65 )
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*Also the EFS_Backup will contain the raw images of the 3 blocks (m9kefs1.img,m9kefs2.img,m9kefs3.img)
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*Note each of the 3 .imgs will be exactly of 780 kb each
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*Save this folder to your PC/Email/Drive for safety purpose
DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR BACKUP
EXT4 Version ( If you dont know what F2FS is you are on ext4 )
Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByrfJAT1lgDFNnI5TUxPX0dHOHc/edit?usp=sharing
Mirror https://mega.co.nz/#!d98hyaqS!VXiuQJv5KABx-q1qqezQXqNDYiQ8liejt3pyZVOl3co
F2FS Version (Only for devices with /system formatted as F2FS)
Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByrfJAT1lgDFbGY0RDNOQ1R2OHM/edit?usp=sharing
Mirror https://mega.co.nz/#!dgc0AZDT!Jv0LrcA-zOxzTTMfbAL8rHI5EYU_f21jSSiC3cJRU2E
Restoring EFS
***NOTE*** DO NOT USE YOUR BACKUP ON ANY OTHER NEXUS 4***/NOTE***
To restore your original EFS just boot into recovery and flash the efsbackupflashable.zip in your /sdcard/EFS_Backup folder.
If flashable zip wasn't created or to manually restore efs img files run the following commands using adb shell while in recovery
If saved in /sdcard/EFS_Backup
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/EFS_Backup/m9kefs1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/sdcard/EFS_Backup/m9kefs2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
dd if=/sdcard/EFS_Backup/m9kefs3.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
If saved in /data/media/EFS_Backup/
Code:
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs3.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
CREDITS
Code:
[user=2684188]@autoprime[/user] : For his script and N5 thread
[user=4851200]@Rohit02[/user] : For testing the Zip on F2FS and his amazing WA Grp :p
HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF YOU LIKE MY WORK
Thanks for this good and VITAL thread for all Nexus4 users. Many users are going to be helped by this.. :good:
This looks great, One thing I noticed though, downloading the F2FS version from Mega was that it was named the same as EXT4 version. Could you rename them to avoid confusion for users and prevent accidental flashing of the wrong format version. Also just to report the google drive links seem to just open up inside the folder and don't provide an option for downloading the zip as a package. Thanks a lot for your effort :good:
perfoliate said:
This looks great, One thing I noticed though, downloading the F2FS version from Mega was that it was named the same as EXT4 version. Could you rename them to avoid confusion for users and prevent accidental flashing of the wrong format version. Also just to report the google drive links seem to just open up inside the folder and don't provide an option for downloading the zip as a package. Thanks a lot for your effort :good:
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Yup the names are the same for ext4 and f2fs but on the thread it specifically mentions the ext4 links separate than f2fs !! I think I'll change it later !! Also if you request desktop version in chrome youll be able to view the download tab !! Anyways will fix it though I dont like drive a lot
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Yup the names are the same for ext4 and f2fs but on the thread it specifically mentions the ext4 links separate than f2fs !! I think I'll change it later !! Also if you request desktop version in chrome youll be able to view the download tab !! Anyways will fix it though I dont like drive a lot
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Thanks. I realized they were separate links but some people like myself might download both. I tried requesting desktop version as well as trying on my PC. Hmm. Maybe I could try another browser, but mega worked just fine. Anyway thanks again for doing this
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*This will create a flashable zip (efsbackupflashable.zip) in /sdcard/EFS_Backup/
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CWM made in data/media/EFS_Backup/ (mnt/shell/emulated/***)
pincher65 said:
CWM made in data/media/EFS_Backup/ (mnt/shell/emulated/***)
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OP changed !! Twrp in my case created it in SD card !! Thx for the heads up !!
pincher65 said:
CWM made in data/media/EFS_Backup/ (mnt/shell/emulated/***)
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and code adb shell
Code:
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
dd if=/data/media/EFS_Backup/m9kefs3.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
hello here i cant find my backup?
eltonpestana said:
hello here i cant find my backup?
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If twrp used, backup is in EFS_Backup folder and for CWM recovery see the above post.
Was surfing through the Nexus 5 Forums !! Saw more than 750 posts or 75 pages for the EFS Backup Thread out there !! Seems that guys owning the N4 dont seem interested in backing up their IMEI partitions !! Anyways ppl have a nyc day ahead !!
ps: too many typos im making today !!
NABENDU1 said:
Was surfing through the Nexus 5 Forums !! Say more than 750 posts or 75 pages for the EFS Backup Thread out there !! Seems that guys owning a N4 dont seem intereswted in backing up their IMEI partitions !! Any ppl have a nyc day ahead !!
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Dont worry they will realize soon when their phone gets fu%%ed up. .
We are safe. :good:
Rohit02 said:
Dont worry they will realize soon when their phone gets fu%%ed up. .
We are safe. :good:
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Just backup. Just in case. Anyway Nexus 4 is great! I can't loose it
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
Hello
How can I know if /system is formatted as F2FS or EXT4?
Thanks
ngr.hd said:
Hello
How can I know if /system is formatted as F2FS or EXT4?
Thanks
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Os monitor app on play store
ngr.hd said:
Hello
How can I know if /system is formatted as F2FS or EXT4?
Thanks
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If you do not know what is F2FS then don't worry your system is definitely EXT4.:laugh:
If I use a backup on a different Nexus 4 (brioken screen, would like to put the IMEI of the broken phone on the new phone), would that work?
basically extract the file from the broken phone and load it on the intact phone?
Thanks a lot for this. This is exactly what i was looking for!!!
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Hi, I used CWM recovery. It flashed ok but I have no EFS_backup folder in either /sdcard or data/media. I searched the whole phone and no zip file was created.
Using Lollipop 5.0.1 if that's important...
Worked it out
/data/media not data/media
Related
Hi,
Since 4 days I cannot make valid backups. The last good one is from October 12 and has a size of ~ 1000MB.
Now all backups have a size of ~13 MB. You can see the sizes on the attached hardcopy.
There is a \blobs\-subdirectory with many many files.
I tried to de- and reinstall the Rom Manager, checking permissions and so on, rebooted several times...
I restored the "good" backup, did a new backup and got other sizes of the files but always some with the extension .dup.
Even I installed an older version of RomManager without success.
The recovery system is v6.0.1.4 installed within the RomManager.
I have a LG-P970 with Zeus ROM 7.03.
tramp20 said:
Hi,
Since 4 days I cannot make valid backups. The last good one is from October 12 and has a size of ~ 1000MB.
Now all backups have a size of ~13 MB. You can see the sizes on the attached hardcopy.
There is a \blobs\-subdirectory with many many files.
I tried to de- and reinstall the Rom Manager, checking permissions and so on, rebooted several times...
I restored the "good" backup, did a new backup and got other sizes of the files but always some with the extension .dup.
Even I installed an older version of RomManager without success.
The recovery system is v6.0.1.4 installed within the RomManager.
I have a LG-P970 with Zeus ROM 7.03.
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You might wanna flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22121547&postcount=22
Follow the instructions give there. The new CWM v6 doesnt make full backups anymore everytime, but just backs up the parts, that have been changed. The dup files only contain the information about the files that have been changed and a link to them I think. Look in /sdcard/clockworkmod/blobs. There you can find a lot of folders with the made changes Just check the size of that blob folder.
N00BY0815 said:
You might wanna flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22121547&postcount=22
Follow the instructions give there. The new CWM v6 doesnt make full backups anymore everytime, but just backs up the parts, that have been changed. The dup files only contain the information about the files that have been changed and a link to them I think. Look in /sdcard/clockworkmod/blobs. There you can find a lot of folders with the made changes Just check the size of that blob folder.
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Thank you for answering.
So is it correct that I have a blobs subdir with ~ 1GB files and a small backup directory?
What happens to the \blobs\ dir if I make new backups? I assume then only changed files etc. will be added here?
Do I really need to flash your link if I don't need touch? I read the whole thread
I did not understand all.
tramp20 said:
Thank you for answering.
So is it correct that I have a blobs subdir with ~ 1GB files and a small backup directory?
What happens to the \blobs\ dir if I make new backups? I assume then only changed files etc. will be added here?
Do I really need to flash your link if I don't need touch? I read the whole thread
I did not understand all.
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The link I provided is for CWM touch 5 only. This version will make the "normal/full-sized" backups. I think you're right about the new update, but I gotta confess, I dont really understand it myself yet... I also didnt yet try to restore such a backup and dont really know, how to delete old ones, if you dont need them anymore, but I hope it all should work fine
If your not sure about the old version, just install the one from the link I provided.
Hope it helped you, if not, you may also PM me.
N00BY0815 said:
I also didnt yet try to restore such a backup and dont really know, how to delete old ones, if you dont need them anymore, but I hope it all should work fine
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To test:
I made a backup, installed a new app, then after another backup I looked in the blobs dir: only a few subdirs are new, all other remain unchanged.
So all files in blobs are cumulative and important for a restore, but bad for a later extern backup on my pc.
The old method of CWM was better.
Perhaps I will try the link from you.
I was trying a backup and found under "choose backup format" the following points:
- dup (default)
- tar
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So I can choose
I did a backup (dup format) and all is working again.
Hello everybody. After spending hours trying to figure out what I could delete from the system to make room for Gapps on CM10, I even tried to resize partitions, I came to the conclusion that the Gapps will have to be stored elsewhere. So, I came up with a solution, by installing the apps to /data/Gapps and then symlinking the files to /system. So since there are so many people trying to get Goggle Now on CM9, I figured I would make modified Gapps zips for both CM9 and CM10.
These are complete Gapp packages, they actually free up space on the /system partition, and are completely functional. Most of the files are installed to data/Gapps, this way the devs will not have to worry about trimming the ROMs, except to fit on the partition.
I'm sure this will help a bunch of other devices that have smaller system partitions also.
Note: Facelock requires you to log in to an account, to even show up in lockscreen options.
I don't think Google should have any issues with this as I haven't changed any files that where in the zip just moved them around and modified the updater-script.
Installation for fresh install:
1. Boot to your favorite custom recovery
2. Factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Flash CM9/CM10
4. Flash these Gapps
5. Reboot
Installation for previous install:
If you are already setup , you will need to wipe the cache and reinstall the ROM to format system to remove any Gapps already installed. As long as you don't wipe data/factory reset you should be right back where you started.
1. Boot to your favorite custom recovery
2. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Flash CM9/CM10
4. Flash these Gapps
5. Reboot
Google Now Installation for CM9:
Google Now Installation for CM9 (fresh install):
1. Boot to your favorite custom recovery
2. Factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Flash CM9
4. Flash Google Now (online)
5. Flash these Gapps
6. Reboot
Google Now Installation for CM9 (previous install):
1. Boot to your favorite custom recovery
2. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. Flash CM9
4. Flash Google Now (online)
5. Flash these Gapps
6. Reboot
[MOD][ICS] The Google Now for ICS Project [ARMv6 & v7]
Symlinked Gapps for ICS Ver3:
Fixed Facelock.
Note: Facelock requires you to log in to an account, to even show up in lockscreen options.
Had to add placeholders in system/vendor for the symlinks to be created, but vendor is still 0 bytes
symlinked-gapps-ics-20120429-signed-Ver3.zip
Symlinked Gapps for JB Ver2:
Fixed Facelock.
Note: Facelock requires you to log in to an account, to even show up in lockscreen options.
Had to add placeholders in system/vendor for the symlinks to be created, but vendor is still 0 bytes.
symlinked-gapps-jb-20121011-Ver2.zip
thank you very much
this reduces the pain while trimming the rom for matching system partition
in this same way can we get google offline voice..?
reversegear said:
thank you very much
this reduces the pain while trimming the rom for matching system partition
in this same way can we get google offline voice..?
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GNow offline for ICS still requires about 60mb. So it will depend on the ROM. But, it works with our Triumph ICS ROMs. And they should be almost identical, as far as I've seen. I use GNow offline with my PA ICS ROM, with no issues. I haven't spent much time on any of the X6 ROMs, as we can't use the newer kernel and still use our phone service.
Let me know how it goes.
Sent from my WX435 using Tapatalk 2
This is great way of freeing up system partition..! So can our device be repartitioned? And make some internal memory available as internal sdcard?
bandukia said:
This is great way of freeing up system partition..! So can our device be repartitioned? And make some internal memory available as internal sdcard?
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Already we have a enough internal memory 1gb. What we need is system partition which is 245 mb needs expansion may be additional 100 mb from internal memory. that is where the pain area.
"Fixed Facelock.
Note: Facelock requires you to log in to an
account, to even show up in lockscreen
options."
what do you mean by this sir?
thanks.
^_^
It is okey to flash this gapps when already some gapps (gmail, voice etc) in our rom? ....
Or we just force to uninstall before flash this? ..
Btw thx dude, great job.... :thumbup:
Ps:im using jb rom by dr.rush
Sent from my Andro-Id using Pulsa
reversegear said:
Already we have a enough internal memory 1gb. What we need is system partition which is 245 mb needs expansion may be additional 100 mb from internal memory. that is where the pain area.
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thats not what i meant.. i was saying that partitioning our phone with what u said and also with some 100-200 mb to make internal memory detect it as sdcard?
bandukia said:
This is great way of freeing up system partition..! So can our device be repartitioned? And make some internal memory available as internal sdcard?
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Thanks, our partitions can not be repartitioned/resized, I tried everything except deleting the extended partition(4) that holds 5 - 17. That is why I made these.
This is the breakdown of the partitions on our phone:
BSydz said:
So, this is what I have found so far about the partitions on the Triumph, I can't guarantee that this is all correct, but if anybody has any input feel free to chime in.
WARNING, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW IS SPECULATIVE AND COMES WITH NO WARRANTY. IF YOU MESS WITH THIS STUFF, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR PHONE.
Partitions:
1 (FAT) Mobile Partition containing image folder, which is very well documented around the forums.
2 (crypt/QNX4.x) Primary Boot Loader (PBL) I believe that this is what the SOC uses to boot.
3 (crypt) Secondary Boot Loader I believe this is where the hardware layout is contained, as it changes button configuration and was key to getting back to normal after I flashed the wrong nb0. It is linked to the mobile partition, as the phone will not boot properly without the correct amss.mbn
4 (extended) Just an extended partition containing partitions 5 - 17.
5 (Boot) This is where the boot img is extracted.
6 (OnTrack DM) I think this manages and verifies integrity of partitions 13-17.
7 (ext3) This is where the system/rom is located. This is what you see in root explorer as "system", containing the build.prop and other stuff.
8 (ext3) This is the "data" folder .
9 (ext) This partition holds CDA info, with OEM apks, ringtones, and wallpapers, it seems to be mounted inside partition 10 (hidden) when the phone is on you can find the information merged into "hidden/data" using root explorer.
10 (ext3) This is the hidden partition containing boot images and CDA info. This can be found in "hidden" using root explorer.
11 (ext3) This is the cache partition.
12 (ext3) This is the Caivs, can't find too much info on this.
13-17 (unknown) I believe this is where the phone specific data is stored, including but not limited to MEID, ESN, and PRL.
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reversegear said:
bandukia said:
This is great way of freeing up system partition..! So can our device be repartitioned? And make some internal memory available as internal sdcard?
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Already we have a enough internal memory 1gb. What we need is system partition which is 245 mb needs expansion may be additional 100 mb from internal memory. that is where the pain area.
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Since there is no way to resize any partitions, that is why I made these. Data is the only partition that we can really use that won't require us to heavily modify the phone and be user friendly. Because not everybody who installs custom ROMs is gonna be able to do those types of modifications. This is the simplest way to fix the issue and won't impact anybody who wants to change ROMs.
aeoi said:
"Fixed Facelock.
Note: Facelock requires you to log in to an
account, to even show up in lockscreen
options."
what do you mean by this sir?
thanks.
^_^
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I have had this posted in another forum for a while, the original tread is below. We (Triumph users) did not have camera working in ICS, and still don't on JB, So when I first released these, the optional script that installs facelock was not correct. Now that I have fixed the front camera, I got feedback that facelock was not working. While trying to fix it, I spent a few hours, never even getting the option in lockscreen settings, and finally added an acount one time so I could get some apps from google to figure out what was happening. Then I went in to the settings and it was there. So the hours I wasted was because I hadn't added an account. So face lock will not even show up in lockscreen settings until an account has been added to the phone. I think it has to do with having to have a second unlock option if facelock can't work, like low light situations.
http://androidforums.com/triumph-al...-w-google-now-ics-instructions-09may2013.html
adonwenas said:
It is okey to flash this gapps when already some gapps (gmail, voice etc) in our rom? ....
Or we just force to uninstall before flash this? ..
Btw thx dude, great job.... :thumbup:
Ps:im using jb rom by dr.rush
Sent from my Andro-Id using Pulsa
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It may work, one of the issues I had was the script was putting the optional files in system (the wrong place) and then the symlinks would overwrite the files. So this leads me to believe it may work, but I can't promise anything. If it doesn't work I can add some stuff to delete specific files in the updater-script, or you can remove the files from the ROM zip before flashing. You will want to at least wipe cache before you try these. I hate to say it, but you may have to be the tester.
Now that you guys are aware of these Gapps, you should ask your dev to remove Gapps from the ROM if possible. That would probably be the best route to go.
bandukia said:
reversegear said:
Already we have a enough internal memory 1gb. What we need is system partition which is 245 mb needs expansion may be additional 100 mb from internal memory. that is where the pain area.
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thats not what i meant.. i was saying that partitioning our phone with what u said and also with some 100-200 mb to make internal memory detect it as sdcard?
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Sorry, as I explained above, this is not an option. Big SD cards are cheap now, and how would a couple hundred MB help anyway? If it is for swap, then it would be better to wear out your SD rather than your internal HD. Plus a good SD would be faster.
If anybody has any other questions feel free to ask.;
Thank you Bsydz for throwing light on the so far untouched topic in our forum
Lots of useful information.
Off topic question
Can you please let us know how do we port JB ROMs from triumph to ideos x6. Especially PA Rom
reversegear said:
Thank you Bsydz for throwing light on the so far untouched topic in our forum
Lots of useful information.
Off topic question
Can you please let us know how do we port JB ROMs from triumph to ideos x6. Especially PA Rom
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Thanks. If I had another dev phone I would just build one for you guys. It is a pain switching over cause we never got an nb0, I have to manually swap out the partitions to get it back. That's where I got the info about the partitions. My PA JB is built on CM10, so it would be just like any other CM port except the headphones and most everything else should work. It is older since PA went to aosp instead of CM based. Are any of your CM10 ROMs built from source or just ports? It would be nice to see some of the edits made for our phone. The only thing that's not working on ours is 3G, video/camera preview, and HDMI. But you guys use sim cards so I don't think you would have 3G issues and your kernel should fix the previews.
I'll build a PA JB ROM if you are willing to test it. I have the device files and the kernels except ck's kernel. Let me know, cause I hate releasing something I can't test first.
Sent from my WX435 using Tapatalk 2
im ready to test the rom.
we have both the CM10. I.e built from source and port rom
This one built from source by master abenaigle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158624
This one is stable CM10 by Dr.Rush
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160913
V0.2 is stable ROM presently.
I've uploaded my modded kernel source, sorry... not in github.
reversegear said:
im ready to test the rom.
we have both the CM10. I.e built from source and port rom
This one built from source by master abenaigle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158624
This one is stable CM10 by Dr.Rush
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160913
V0.2 is stable ROM presently.
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CacingKalung said:
I've uploaded my modded kernel source, sorry... not in github.
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Thank you, I am building it right now, just working through the errors from the ICS device files. CK, I got your kernel source, so we will see how it goes. I'll start new thread when it is done building.
BSydz said:
Thank you, I am building it right now, just working through the errors from the ICS device files. CK, I got your kernel source, so we will see how it goes. I'll start new thread when it is done building.
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Ready to test your ROM.. All the best.
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reversegear said:
im ready to test the rom.
we have both the CM10. I.e built from source and port rom
This one built from source by master abenaigle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158624
This one is stable CM10 by Dr.Rush
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160913
V0.2 is stable ROM presently.
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Firmware and kernel of our devices are compatible, I checked when flashing CM 9 from Motorola TRIUMPH, running everything except the data and the camera upside down
Sory for my english
Dr. Rush said:
Firmware and kernel of our devices are compatible, I checked when flashing CM 9 from Motorola TRIUMPH, running everything except the data and the camera upside down
Sory for my english
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No need to apologize for language barriers. Do you think, you could put together a zip of the files in /lib and /bin that are for fb0? I just need the files that you put in to get it working, not all of them. It will make it easier to setup a device files for building from source. I have built the ROM and it boots, but no display, with copybit errors. I think I can get past those errors but once it fully boots, I'm sure things will have to be fixed.
Also, yes our phones are almost identical. Our amss.mbn is not compatible with the new kernel so we can't use our phone after the update. Just like you can't install the newer ROMs unless you flash the sharp nb0. I have it installed on my dev phone right now so i can get this working. I can install the nb0 and everything works perfectly except phone and 3g. It sucks, cause we are stuck.
Sent from my WX435 using Tapatalk 2
How much, I realized you're talking about the incompatibility of your phone with our 35 kernel, 32 kernel but your compatible with our device, in MTDEV M9 worked even mobile network, except 3g that prevents replace the kernel to fix the library and enjoy the new firmware
BSydz said:
Thank you, I am building it right now, just working through the errors from the ICS device files. CK, I got your kernel source, so we will see how it goes. I'll start new thread when it is done building.
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any update on status...?
Hi guys
THIS IS FOR GALAXY S 4 MINI DUAL SIM CARD PHONE
This package will create a backup from your phone's EFS folder and will copy that into your SD Card.
how to use:
you must have cwm recovery mod. install it at first.
download attached file and copy it into your phone internal storage.
goto recovery mod, and install the package.
this package also will install the busybox.
all created files will copy into /sdcard/EFS_BACKUP folder.
Best Regards.
Hi, i would like to konw if you think that this might work for I9195?
Thank You
Snowgay said:
Hi, i would like to konw if you think that this might work for I9195?
Thank You
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Hi
i need your phone information, i don't know how much similar galaxy s 4 mini variants together.
but you can test it if works or not, its not harmful for your device. it will be done if everything will be correct.
if not works you can type below command on terminal and send me the output result here. i will make the correct one for you.
Code:
mount > /sdcard/mount_info.txt
** this command print the partition information to mount_info.txt file into sdcard.
send me the mount_info.txt to check the partition and fix this backup tool for your device.
M_J_Nazari said:
Hi
i need your phone information, i don't know how much similar galaxy s 4 mini variants together.
but you can test it if works or not, its not harmful for your device. it will be done if everything will be correct.
if not works you can type below command on terminal and send me the output result here. i will make the correct one for you.
Code:
mount > /sdcard/mount_info.txt
** this command print the partition information to mount_info.txt file into sdcard.
send me the mount_info.txt to check the partition and fix this backup tool for your device.
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Thank you very much.
It worked fine on my I9195
EFS backup question
EFS backup is possible only from CWM?
Why to use CWM when I see the /efs folder and its content during the normal phone use? Never tried to copy, I'm just asking...
Update:
Backup now done using EFS Backup Pro tool.
M_J_Nazari said:
Hi guys
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Best Regards.
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Thanks for the script! Could you also post here on how to restore the efs backup?
don't worked on kitkat frimeware
how to restore?
Again I'm not the dev of these custom recovery. Just that I pack them together and modified a theme to work with our ZR phone.
Installation procedure:
1. Just unzip lockeddualrecovery2.6.0-RELEASE.windows.zip in your PC and run either supersu.bat or superuser.bat.
2. After all files are installed, your phone should reboot automatically into CWM.
3. If you're unable to see CWM and your phone just reboot normally to Android, then you might be suffering from remount-reboot issue. Just run the fix for remount-reboot first.
How to enter CWM/TWRP:
1. During a reboot, when the LED turns green, press VOL-UP for CWM or VOL-DOWN for TWRP. The LED will then turn purple before entering the selected custom recovery.
How to apply the proper theme in TWRP to fix UI issue:
1. Copy the TWRP_theme_720_play.zip into /sdcard/TWRP/theme and rename it as ui.zip
How to restore stock recovery
1. Delete the following files:
/system/bin/recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma (or .tar)
/system/bin/recovery.cwm.cpio.lzma (or .tar)
/system/bin/charger
/system/bin/ric
/system/bin/chargemon
/system/bin/dualrecovery.sh
2. Inside /system/bin/ rename chargemon.stock to chargemon
3. Change permission for chargemon (chmod 755 chargemon)
Credits:
- Team Win for TWRP
- ClockWorkMod for CWM
- z31s1g for the beautiful Holofied theme. I only rescaled some images and edit the xml for 720p display.
excuse me for my ignorance noobish question, but why do we need a dual boot recovery? whats special about twrp if we already have a fine working cwm? or perhaps if one prefers twrp why whould be need both?
shteren said:
excuse me for my ignorance noobish question, but why do we need a dual boot recovery? whats special about twrp if we already have a fine working cwm? or perhaps if one prefers twrp why whould be need both?
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This is actually a valid question. Personally, I prefer to use TWRP since it's touch based and support more functions. Maybe someone does need CWM for some reasons.
Working fine on Xperia ZR C5502 67 Firmware & able to use TWRP recovery
anthonythangaraj said:
Working fine on Xperia ZR C5502 67 Firmware & able to use TWRP recovery
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CWM part is working fine but fail to fix ui issue on TWRP part.
Copying the ui.zip to sdcard/TWRP/theme not solved the problem.
Can someone help me to fix this.
:crying::crying:
PS. Xperia ZR C5502 with C5503 10.1.1.A.1.310 firmware.
njsdante said:
CWM part is working fine but fail to fix ui issue on TWRP part.
Copying the ui.zip to sdcard/TWRP/theme not solved the problem.
Can someone help me to fix this.
:crying::crying:
PS. Xperia ZR C5502 with C5503 10.1.1.A.1.310 firmware.
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Are you using the INTERNAL SD card to store the ui.zip?
What do you see in TWRP? Similar to the Holofied them in this link?
itandy said:
Are you using the INTERNAL SD card to store the ui.zip?
What do you see in TWRP? Similar to the Holofied them in this link?
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TWRP folder is on internal sd card so i copy the ui.zip into internal sd/TWRP/theme.
But when i entering into TWRP mode, i can only see the partial screen which contain install, wipe and backup buttons in big icon.
And no way to get out of recovery mode except removing the battery.
njsdante said:
TWRP folder is on internal sd card so i copy the ui.zip into internal sd/TWRP/theme.
But when i entering into TWRP mode, i can only see the partial screen which contain install, wipe and backup buttons in big icon.
And no way to get out of recovery mode except removing the battery.
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So it seems TWRP is unable to read the theme file. Can you check if your ui.zip file is corrupted?
MD5 checksum is: 20B934657DB6E7F19E9D603DA7529B35
FXP compatible?
Does this work with FXP?
gmengass said:
Does this work with FXP?
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Actually I don't know. Please report back if you have answer.
itandy said:
So it seems TWRP is unable to read the theme file. Can you check if your ui.zip file is corrupted?
MD5 checksum is: 20B934657DB6E7F19E9D603DA7529B35
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I don't really know how to check the theme file is corrupted or not.( sorry for my noobness)
Can you please tell me how to do it.
njsdante said:
I don't really know how to check the theme file is corrupted or not.( sorry for my noobness)
Can you please tell me how to do it.
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I guess the easiest way is to use something like 7zip in PC and use the Test function.
Working on my device flalessly
Sent from my C5502 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Shh I want to modify this package in order to compile my own flasher package with twrp only. But that cpio archive is making me crazy since I can't repack it in this format.
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app
word of advice.dont update busy box after installing this.it will make this to stop working
TWRP is working perfectly. Thanks very much
i tried with TWRP manager .it didnt work.but when in recovery it works well
both are working great , thanks a lot .
i have a question, where does CWM save the nandroid backups? i can't seem to find the backup i just made.
single said:
both are working great , thanks a lot .
i have a question, where does CWM save the nandroid backups? i can't seem to find the backup i just made.
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ClockworkMod stores its NANDroid backup folders at this location:
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
su1979 said:
ClockworkMod stores its NANDroid backup folders at this location:
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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any idea how to change that path to be in SDcard instead?
Hi friends,
As we all know, sammy devices comes with lots of junks and bloats which hardly we use.
So, i was looking for a thread where i could find a way to debloat/remove excess system files from J7/6 but i was quite depressed when i found no link for my device. Although some nice techies have posted zip from other sources, i mean some debloater zips are directly posted here from s6 groups. And as we know that not all devices have same bloats or junks or having different names of same bloats.
That's why i tried to do some changes on a zip made by @TENN3R (Originally made by @ambasadii . Thanks both of you man) and finally come here with this work. Hope you'll love it.
Before flashing this zip, my device system part was showing 118mb space. After flashing zip modded by me, i got whopping 1.19gb free space in system.
All i can say is, your device system will have a great amount of space to breath which will surely show you result in battery life + performance (as per my experience I'm getting +15/20% battery life and performance is superb)
So, let's come to the point. There's attached zip, download it & move it to device internal storage/sdcard/usbotg. Reboot to recovery (your device must be rooted with TWRP recovery preinstalled). Flash this zip and wipe dalvik/cache. Reboot to system and you'll see that almost all junks is removed.
To know which apps it removes and if you want to keep some system apps, open zip, copy updater script on your pc, open updater script with notepad++, check all apps names one (takes hardly few minutes) and if you want to keep any app in system and don't want to remove it, just remove that whole line. For example, if you want to keep "GoogleContactsSyncAdapter", remove line contains that app name ? runs ("/sbin/rm", "-rf", "system/app/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter"); ? including semicolon same as shown here.
I suggest you to take backup of all apps (system/app & system/priv-app) so in case you want to restore any app, you can do it. It will remove some unwanted junk apps from csc folder also, (Yes it will remove bike mode too)
I have tested this zip few times on my device (SM-J710GN) and on one another device (SM-J710FN) and there's no any fc or issues. So i think it's worth trying.
But as we all say here, I'm not responsible if your device get bootloops, your wife hits you or your dog bites you for some reasons.
Do not forget to hit thanks button. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
Link:
http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/624732/Modded_J7_DeBloater_MMv1.zip
Good work bro
i did not succeeded with installation of this zip. TWRP just said that it failed.
Good work! I must try it out.
Excellent! Works like a charm! Thank you a lot. I've done a video guide (sub Eng). Hope this can be helpful.
can we use an script like this to restoring or adding new apps to the system?
(instead of -rm -mv to another folder and restoring with -cp )
Hello can i use this firmware to my J700H?
bro can u tell me how can i remove s bike mode from my j7 2016
I get so mad when i see that s bike mode logo i didn't even use it plzz tell me
i can't download the file....can u upload here???
thanks
matrixrio said:
can we use an script like this to restoring or adding new apps to the system?
(instead of -rm -mv to another folder and restoring with -cp )
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ryu091 said:
Hello can i use this firmware to my J700H?
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someone can upload the file zip in another place? Thanks, is impossible to download there!
best regards
dacorsa said:
someone can upload the file zip in another place? Thanks, is impossible to download there!
best regards
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Here is the original zip file attached.
You should edit the script according to your needs before flash.
Because it also remove sbrowser, nfcui,sbike etc. etc.
matrixrio said:
Here is the original zip file attached.
You should edit the script according to your needs before flash.
Because it also remove sbrowser, nfcui,sbike etc. etc.
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Thanks you're a gentleman
Lost Network
I lost my sim networks, both Sim 1 and Sim 2 after flashing the zip file. Bad part is, I didn't make a back up before doing the process.
Can't not open ' Setting '
I know this thread was old thread,but I'm just want to asking why my J7 2016 can't open setting after i flash the debloater?