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Neverending nandroid backup

i am currently in the middle of a nandroid backup that has been going for about an hour should i pull the battery? i really dont want to corrupt my card because most of my music is on it and i just bought a new computer hard drive because my old one f*cked itself. Any suggestions?

Ive had the same problem. I dont think you need to pull the battery, I just press call (green) menu and end (red). Then delete the nandroid folder on your sd card and reboot into recovery and try backing up again.

i tried what you said, cause i had the same problem just now, and its still taking long. the only difference is the little dots a coming up a little faster. help?

help? anybody? im trying it a third time right now.. hopefully its works

should not take more than 2 minutes I have had this happen once pulled battery deleted nandroid file and started again and it worked.

ive tried everything and its just not working

Try reflashing the Recovery.

repair the ext files from recovery? lol.

uansari1 said:
Try reflashing the Recovery.
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oshizzle1991 said:
repair the ext files from recovery? lol.
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Do either of these require any type of wipe? Or will I lose anything that I should backup first?

roadrunnerx7 said:
Do either of these require any type of wipe? Or will I lose anything that I should backup first?
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no they do not.

tried those things and it didnt work

i just found out that the reason the nandroid backup wasnt ending for me was because there wasnt enough space on my sdcard. I feel soo stupid now, thanks guys

how much space did you need?

Bad EFS Partition(I lose my IMEI)

I ask your help please I'm desperate!
I have a captivate-i897 which by mistake you delete the contents (with root explorer) to the EFS partition, which it is made ​​without losing the IMEI and put a generic, I can not make calls or sms.
If you can help me just ask you with this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=18524176
make a backup of your EFS and passes it to me, to see if achievement fix.
Please make the backup in .tar format.
I really need your help, thanks
Sorry for my bad English

Loading someone else's efs folder will only get you the same generic IMEI.
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Try flashing back to complete stock....
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I already did but still not working

I need to try with other efs folder, becaus this worked for him foros.3dgames.com.ar/samsung.382/681836.galaxy-s-i-897-imei-changed-to-004999010640000-a.html

please, who can spend their EFS folder

dany0808 said:
please, who can spend their EFS folder
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As weird as this may sound, flash Mosaic 9. I've had bad EFS setups twice in the last 2 weeks, and both times have been able to get back to normal by flashing that ROM.
I think it may have something to do with zombies understanding how to handle undead phones... or something.

jmtheiss said:
As weird as this may sound, flash Mosaic 9. I've had bad EFS setups twice in the last 2 weeks, and both times have been able to get back to normal by flashing that ROM.
I think it may have something to do with zombies understanding how to handle undead phones... or something.
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Thanks,
already tried this way but still not working

dany0808 said:
please, who can spend their EFS folder
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Try this.

At&t S 5 Active Restore Thread (NE4) (NO MORE SUPPORT)

NO MORE SUPPORT.....GAME OVER
Did you delete your data, system, safestrap is gone, only download mode and stock recovery are available? Do you want to start fresh and out of the box new?
(( FOR s 5 ACTIVE )) NE4​Thanks to @ted77usa & @Intub8 for the help. SAM MOBILE for the Firmware and steps. KNOX was not tripped. Nothing was after this. It worked perfectly.
Just FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Do this at your own risk. If you don't read and mess up your phone, its not my fault . As long as you can get into download mode, this will help out a lot. I am not responsible for what you do to your device.
Odin Back to s5 Active Stock. NE4​
Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed before starting.
Samsung USB drivers
Make sure USB debugging is checked under settings/developer options. If you don't know how to do that, go to "about device" in settings, and click on "Build Number x5 till you unlock Developer options".
Extract (unzip) the firmware file (NE4) HERE
Download Odin v3.09 HERE
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
Note : Some users are getting stuck at long At&t screen, once odin finishes and you happen to get stuck, reboot to stock recovery and factory reset your phone.
It should boot up just fine after that. The At&t screen sometimes takes a while.
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You can do this below if you want. I have done this about 5 or 6 times. #6 and 7 happens sometimes.​
I wanted to be totally fresh and wanted to use "Wipe Data (YES)" in safestrap. Here is what I did and what happened.
My phone has been really good since this and all is smooth.
Things to do to be fresh and start all the way over out of box style:
1. Make sure you have done a back up, and your ready to restore with Odin.
2. Go into Safestrap
3. Go to WIPE tab > Factory reset
4. Advanced wipe, (Wipe > Dalvik Cache, "NOT Micro SDcard"> Data, Cache, System)
5. For really starting over > next to Advanced wipe is "Format Data" do that and type YES
6. This will get rid of safestrap and everything so you will get a black screen once it deletes all.
7. Try to catch it and go into download mode before it boots to the Samsung screen (Which it will stay there FOREVER)
(As soon as your phone does this, try to catch it before the samsung screen and go into download mode. When it turns black, quickly hold Power + Volume down + home button. )
8. While in download mode, flash the restore firmware.
9. Let it do its thing and you will be factory new.
10. After it all settles down and you are back up and running, you can start like I do.
(Root with V3 (Make it Rain), Install and update SU, Reboot 3 times lol, install busybox, install safestrap, install xposed, reboot, install your modules, reboot, power down and boot back but go into safestrap and wipe dalvik cache and regular cache. Reboot. lol- Install all your apps you like or have your backups from titanium on your sd card and restore) Reboot and go into safestrap again and fix permissions and reboot lol...... BAM. (Your phone should be sick and you should throw up on it)
LINKS
NE4 (THE MAIN FILE YOU NEED)
[KITKAT:ND3]
LATEST BETA FILE: Safestrap-KLTEATT-ND3-3.75-B03.apk
XDA Downloads Safestrap
Mirror 1 (Crackflasher) Safestrap
BUSYBOX
SUPERSU

Just make sure the model number matches yours and you should be all set. That file should contain everything you need to get back to stock. Follow the directions listed underneath the firmware.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Thanks. All is good and I can confirm this works on the At&t S 5 Active (NE4).
I am fresh to start over.
Edit: All is good. Rooted, Busybox, Froze bloat etc. Safestraped, Backuped, Phone is running great!!

Intub8 said:
Just make sure the model number matches yours and you should be all set. That file should contain everything you need to get back to stock. Follow the directions listed underneath the firmware.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks. Its working!!!!! I thought this wasn't out yet. Looks out to me.
I will update OP and get on my XDA app to hit thanks. Thanks for pointing out the simple directions I failed to see on SAM mobile. My phone is back

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Thanks. Its working!!!!! I thought this wasn't out yet. Looks out to me.
I will update OP and get on my XDA app to hit thanks. Thanks for pointing out the simple directions I failed to see on SAM mobile. My phone is back
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Glad that worked out for u bud.....[emoji41][emoji106]
☆Swyped From SFive SS Edition☆

I wonder if this would work on the regular S5? If someone tries and it does please report back....THanks

LuckyColdJohnson said:
I wonder if this would work on the regular S5? If someone tries and it does please report back....THanks
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WWWHYY would you even want to know if this will work when you have your own firmware?! Then you try and convince someone else to take the plunge and try instead of you doing it? Just wondering why... cause i'm very baffled right now.

Caliesv said:
WWWHYY would you even want to know if this will work when you have your own firmware?! Then you try and convince someone else to take the plunge and try instead of you doing it? Just wondering why... cause i'm very baffled right now.
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Uhhhh. I'm sorry you feel that way. I was running s 5 ROMS just fine on my phone. Their basicly the same but with a few different specs.
What plunge are you talking about dude? I have soft bricked my phone (formated data) and used this to start fresh. The more we know the better. I have done it. Its fine. I have ran NCE NE4, you must not know whats going on here. That what this thread is for. Restoring your phone to factory defaults. I have done it for the Active and if someone did it on their regular s 5 than I want to know.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Uhhhh. I'm sorry you feel that way. I was running s 5 ROMS just fine on my phone. Their basicly the same but with a few different specs.
What plunge are you talking about dude? I have soft bricked my phone (formated data) and used this to start fresh. The more we know the better. I have done it. Its fine. I have ran NC2 NE4, you must not know whats going on here. That what this thread is for. Restoring your phone to factory defaults. I have done it for the Active and if someone did it on their regular s 5 than I want to know. THATS IT. Now go here for being mean > CLICK ME @Caliesv
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LOL! nice actually made me laugh! lol i hear ya man. i was just wondering why. and you full fulled my wondering. thanks

Caliesv said:
LOL! nice actually made me laugh! lol i hear ya man. i was just wondering why. and you full fulled my wondering. thanks
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Its all good. I'm glad I made you laugh too. Really. I'm just messing with ya a little....This thread is for Active users. Like I said, if this can work for the regular S 5, then I will update the OP for S5/S5 Actives only. Thats all. I was on NCE (A regular S 5 ROM) when I did this and it worked perfectly.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Its all good. I'm glad I made you laugh too. Really. I'm just messing with ya a little....This thread is for Active users. Like I said, if this can work for the regular S 5, then I will update the OP for S5/S5 Actives only. Thats all. I was on NCE (A regular S 5 ROM) when I did this and it worked perfectly.
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No worries man lol. yeah i have an active too. i hope we get our own thread soon. And thanks for the steps, tons of people are going to need it lol

Caliesv said:
No worries man lol. yeah i have an active too. i hope we get our own thread soon. And thanks for the steps, tons of people are going to need it lol
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10-4.....It really helped me when I screwed up. This worked 100% for me. I have flashed over 5 different ROMS from T-Mobile, International, as well as At&t ROMs we have. Sometimes its better to start all the way over fresh. Sometimes we get into a pickle and need to start over. This will help us.....Thanks !!!!

Continued thanks for being our official S5 Active tester. I'm glad to hear you got it back to running and that you were able to find the firmware for our G870A. This will come in handy when I get my phone past the point of no return, it usually takes me a month or so but I'll get there.
Please keep us informed as your tests, trials and discoveries continue!

thepktrckt said:
Continued thanks for being our official S5 Active tester. I'm glad to hear you got it back to running and that you were able to find the firmware for our G870A. This will come in handy when I get my phone past the point of no return, it usually takes me a month or so but I'll get there.
Please keep us informed as your tests, trials and discoveries continue!
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No problem. Looking at a GPS issue now. Something has screwed it all up. Probably a module or two (exposed) Almost tempted to restore again and test before each install.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

If you go back to stock and the GPS still doesn't initiate let me know. There was a way to hard reset the GPS that I came across on the gs3 that may work. Every time I flash a rom if it's acting goofy I wipe everything and go back to 100% stock. Sometimes things get stuck and left behind that can muck things up. Think of it like a colon clense for your phone. Glad the Odin worked for you.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Premium HD app

Intub8 said:
If you go back to stock and the GPS still doesn't initiate let me know. There was a way to hard reset the GPS that I came across on the gs3 that may work. Every time I flash a rom if it's acting goofy I wipe everything and go back to 100% stock. Sometimes things get stuck and left behind that can muck things up. Think of it like a colon clense for your phone. Glad the Odin worked for you.
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Yes, Please share if you don't mind. I broke the GPS lol. I don't believe flashing this official firmware did it though, I think flashing different ROM's did it but who am I......I found a GPS fix I used for my Note 3 (Kit Kat) You have to flash it in recovery. Is that how yours is? Here is the file for you to check out if you want to. I haven't flashed it yet though. >>>> Deleted Link ....That didnt work. Got random reboots.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Yes, Please share if you don't mind. I broke the GPS lol. I don't believe flashing this official firmware did it though, I think flashing different ROM's did it but who am I......I found a GPS fix I used for my Note 3 (Kit Kat) You have to flash it in recovery. Is that how yours is? Here is the file for you to check out if you want to. I haven't flashed it yet though. >>>> Deleted Link ....That didnt work. Got random reboots.
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Found it after about an hour of looking , You must Odin back to a stock ROM first.
((((2. Enter into dialer *2767*3855# (Will do a HARD reset, no internal storage will be lost except the usual data)
3. Boot up again and run... )))
keep in mind this was the method to fix the gps on the note 2 and it may or may not still be a good dialer code for your s5.

Intub8 said:
Found it after about an hour of looking , You must Odin back to a stock ROM first.
((((2. Enter into dialer *2767*3855# (Will do a HARD reset, no internal storage will be lost except the usual data)
3. Boot up again and run... )))
keep in mind this was the method to fix the gps on the note 2 and it may or may not still be a good dialer code for your s5.
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I restored a back up and it's working again. Something I installed did it. I'm trying to figure out what did. It could be anything. Thanks for this.

Caliesv said:
WWWHYY would you even want to know if this will work when you have your own firmware?! Then you try and convince someone else to take the plunge and try instead of you doing it? Just wondering why... cause i'm very baffled right now.
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And @Caliesv I would ask you Why Not? The whole point of unlocking/rooting/building custom ROMs is because WE CAN, and how better to learn what we can and can't do then by trying? Just because a device has its own firmware has absolutely no bearing on what ROM you flash, granted as the default firmware it likely wont flash do to a signature mismatch but as a custom ROM why not?
I might just build one for the Heck of it.

GPS is a problem still. About to re-flash the restore and see what happens without root. Will report back.

[Q] USB/Charging Issue

So yesterday my Note 4 was behaving weird. Would only charge at USB levels no matter what cable, outlet, or charger I used including the factory stuff. Then I figured I'll restore the phone and go from there. Well when I plugged it into the computer, nothing popped up. Even in Download mode there was no way to acknowledge this was connected to my computer. So I went into T-Mobile, bought a new Note 4 and started rebuilding what I lost. Finished that all up and everything was working smooth. Well I just checked now and its doing the exact same things and this is brand new out of the box. I am running FireKat V10 (V2 on my original note 4). I'm curious if anyone has any input because I'm extremely frustrated now. Everything was working fine even after I installed FireKat. It didn't seem to happen until I migrated to my bed. The only variable that changed between working and no longer working was the outlet. Is that frying something? Please help.

So I take it that I am SOL on this then?

Here's a thread about that
http://m.instructables.com/id/How-t...hone-enh/step1/Take-command-of-your-software/

10-K said:
Here's a thread about that
http://m.instructables.com/id/How-t...hone-enh/step1/Take-command-of-your-software/
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I guess I can give taking it apart a shot but it's a brand new phone not sure how far that would get me. What about the lack of USB connection?

whitebus61 said:
I guess I can give taking it apart a shot but it's a brand new phone not sure how far that would get me. What about the lack of USB connection?
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Something went crazy on flash. Get back to stock with Odin and stay stock and see if that fixes any issues. What kernel? Any xposed? If so delete those first.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S

BACARDILIMON said:
Something went crazy on flash. Get back to stock with Odin and stay stock and see if that fixes any issues. What kernel? Any xposed? If so delete those first.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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It worked fine after I flashed though. It just randomly did this. I did restore some apps from a backup and that was probably the last little thing I did.
I'd love to go back to stock but I can't get it to recognize on any computer I've tried. Drivers are all there, there just isn't any connection.

For going back to stock I'd try a different version of Odin. We use 3.0.4

whitebus61 said:
It worked fine after I flashed though. It just randomly did this. I did restore some apps from a backup and that was probably the last little thing I did.
I'd love to go back to stock but I can't get it to recognize on any computer I've tried. Drivers are all there, there just isn't any connection.
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Did you try kies ?
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S

BACARDILIMON said:
Did you try kies ?
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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Yes can not get anything to pop up on it though.

whitebus61 said:
Yes can not get anything to pop up on it though.
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When you put phone in download mode does Odin see it. If not go safe mode.
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BACARDILIMON said:
When you put phone in download mode does Odin see it. If not go safe mode.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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No Odin doesn't see it. I'll try safe mode I didn't think of thatt

http://www.technipages.com/enable-disable-safe-mode-on-galaxy-note-4
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BACARDILIMON said:
http://www.technipages.com/enable-disable-safe-mode-on-galaxy-note-4
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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booted into safe mode and it didn't help. Still nothing connection wise to my computer, in Odin, or in kies.

whitebus61 said:
booted into safe mode and it didn't help. Still nothing connection wise to my computer, in Odin, or in kies.
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What Rom?
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S

BACARDILIMON said:
What Rom?
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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Firekat V10

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Firekat V10
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Either dirty flash that Rom or get in WiFi area and download stock decoder. Wipe phone and flash stock. Then u should be fine.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S

BACARDILIMON said:
Either dirty flash that Rom or get in WiFi area and download stock decoder. Wipe phone and flash stock. Then u should be fine.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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I've flashed it a few times over already but yeah I'll try it again and give the decoder a shot too

whitebus61 said:
I've flashed it a few times over already but yeah I'll try it again and give the decoder a shot too
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If you have done ur Rom already issue might be a bad download. Go with a stock deodex clean slate. If it don't help you then I would have to say pc is your issue. You might have to find drivers and delete them and reinstall.
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BACARDILIMON said:
If you have done ur Rom already issue might be a bad download. Go with a stock deodex clean slate. If it don't help you then I would have to say pc is your issue. You might have to find drivers and delete them and reinstall.
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I was thinking maybe more towards hardware issues. It was working fine before hand. And my previous note 4 was running firekate v2 since that Roms release. It all just happened randomly. I want to blame the charger shorting something but also wary of maybe a virus or something embedding itself because this, a brand new phone, seemingly had this issue occur after I moved charging locations (with the Samsung cable and charger) but that was also after I restored a couple apps from a nandroid backup. I've never flashed a stock ROM back to a phone without Odin so I was hoping you could help? If all else fails I'll just get it unroofed and stock again and take it to T-Mobile and tell them this is a dud

So I gave flashing stock a shot and it didn't change anything. I have to assume the issue is hardware. I'm hoping I can get a new replacement and not a refurbished one. The phone is dead in the water for me now. It takes 9 hours to charge and I've lost any sort of possibility to use the USB. This really drags me down.

complete software backup Note 9

Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance

BlackJackN9 said:
Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance
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Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.

koragg97 said:
Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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You made me really happy then really sad. xD
anyways thanks
ill try them both.

koragg97 said:
Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.

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Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.
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I haven't had any experience with TWRP or such things on phones newer than the Galaxy S5. I don't see a point to root or tinker with my Note 9 as it's perfect stock so can't really test if i can backup the system image myself. All things are important in a backup, is it grayed out or something? I'd always do a full 1 backup though, not in parts. Seems easier to restore later.