I am trying to backup EFS folder but cannot find it in root explorer nor in TWRP backup options.
Also with EFS pro i found problems with busybox applets (need 1.20.2 version that i dont find).
Has anyone saved EFS in any way?
Thanks
I have tried with this app:
PARTITION BACKUP & RESTORE
seems that has done the job.
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Hi, what is the best way to backup and restore the EFS Folder without busybox installed on the phone.
I think EFS Pro v1.4.7 (old version), that says it has an internal busybox (that was removed in newer versions) is the best option, but is there another better way?
Why don't you just install Busybox? Search the play store for busybox and you'll find an app which installs Busybox and everythings fine.
If you don't wanna do this for some reason simply flash the siyah kernel. It makes a Backup to your internal SD while flashing. Afterwards you can change back to the kernel you want.
Hello,
I want to backup my /efs folder. So i searched Google and all results lead me to EFS_Professional backup by lyriquidperfection.
I tried it and failed, searched more on Google but still lead me to EFS_Professional.
Then i started thinking, is backing up /efs folder as easy as just copying that folder to the cloud (e.g PC)?
So that's what i wanted to ask. Will, if i backup /efs folder, backup everything needed if my IMEI suddenly disappears?
Thank you for the time
(Maybe this easy though bypassed me cause i only saw advanced ways to back it up)
Make it easy for yourself & get/use kTool (search on here/Google Play). Keep a copy of the backup on your PC, and another copy on the external SD card in your phone if you have one. kTool also enables you to verify the backup (which I suggest you do immediately after you've made one) and to also restore EFS if your IMEI ever goes bye bye.
Edit - Do not touch your EFS folders/their contents (unless your IMEI is borked & you've tried everything else to fix it). Not even to copy them. n00bs playing with EFS folders has a funny habit of ending in tears.
Kaldsud said:
Hello,
I want to backup my /efs folder. So i searched Google and all results lead me to EFS_Professional backup by lyriquidperfection.
I tried it and failed, searched more on Google but still lead me to EFS_Professional.
Then i started thinking, is backing up /efs folder as easy as just copying that folder to the cloud (e.g PC)?
So that's what i wanted to ask. Will, if i backup /efs folder, backup everything needed if my IMEI suddenly disappears?
Thank you for the time
(Maybe this easy though bypassed me cause i only saw advanced ways to back it up)
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Take a look at your external SD you should have a folder there called EFS_BACKUP there you will find your efs backups in the form of a .tar compressed files, to resolve the loss of my IMEI number I selected an earlier version from my EFS_BACKUP copied it to my PC expanded then used it to replace my corrupt efs that was on the root of my phone, be sure to make a note of the permission of the corrupt efs before deleting, then simply reboot, the only app I needed was root explorer and change setting from read only to ready write, no need to edit any of the files, you're simply deleting your corrupt efs folder and replacing with a backed up copy, which will be done each time you flash a new rom and I managed to recover my phone.
MistahBungle said:
Make it easy for yourself & get/use kTool (search on here/Google Play). Keep a copy of the backup on your PC, and another copy on the external SD card in your phone if you have one. kTool also enables you to verify the backup (which I suggest you do immediately after you've made one) and to also restore EFS if your IMEI ever goes bye bye.
Edit - Do not touch your EFS folders/their contents (unless your IMEI is borked & you've tried everything else to fix it). Not even to copy them. n00bs playing with EFS folders has a funny habit of ending in tears.
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I used kTool from Google Play. And it says that it backup up everything successfully. After this backup, a 20mb large .img filed appeard named efs and also a tar.gz file named efs.
My question: do these files contain enough information to become my "original" efs folder, if anything inside it goes bye bye?
Thanks for help.
Um, yes.
If it didn't, it would defeat the purpose of using the app in the first place.
When I try to recover my apps using Titanium Backup's "Extract from Nandroid" feature, it says "Could not find any data in this TWRP backup"
The files in my TWRP backup folder are
data.ext4.win000
data.ext4.win001
data.ext4.win002
md5 for the above
recover.log
Any help would be appreciated
Yup, same problem here. Im on a Galaxy Nexus running XenonHD and TWRP.
I've tried unpacking them on my pc, so i could use an emulator and run my phone through there.
That kinda works, and using Titanium Backup, it seems to extract it without an error. But afterwards, the app is very glitchy.
Im guessing Titanium Backup doesnt really do well on TWRP as i had no problems using clockworkmod.
I'm experiencing the same problem running Marshmallow trying to restore apps from a TWRP backup (Galaxy S4). At first, Titanium backup just refused to even see the backup files (although it accepts the containing folder as a backup location). Once it finally and magically accepted to see the backups it now tells me that it cant find any data in them...
Has anyone solved this yet?
Hi, I'm having troubles restoring the EFS folder from a 'copy & paste' backup of it. I've seen lots of tutorials but with 'specific tools' backups that creates a .img, or others just using the file explorer but did not t work. So the question is how to restore the EFS from a backup of the entire folder?. I also had tried flashing the efs partition with heimdall but I don't know how to create a .img from the /efs backup. Thanks in advance :good:
Hi
1. How can I backup the efs partition with TWRP v2.7.1.0 that is already installed on my xt1022?
If I boot to TWRP recovery, touch the backup icon, so I get only the possibility to backup:
[x]System
[x]Data
Cache
[x]Boot
But I don't get the choice for efs, like there is one I saw on pictures (hyperlinks are not allowed for new xda users) an older TWRP version then mine for an other smartphone.
2. How can I backup the efs partition with an dd linux command - in an root adb (root already activated)?
3. How can I then restore this efs partition in case of an efs disaster?
Thanks in advance!
Use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.partitions
It automatically highlights appropriate partitions. Restore functionality is also available.