yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 52435:
in other words: no chance for a one-click-backup :confused:

:confused::confused::confused::confused:

:mad::mad:

what is

adb backup doing

do it backup, for example: cache, data, system, etc. in other words the root device "/"
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letama:
If you are rooted and have adb working, you could do that:

adb shell

then type this:

stop zygote (this one stops android).

tar -cvzf /mnt/sdcard/full_backup.tgz /data/*

reboot

It will save everything on your tablet, apps+internal storage on sdcard. Make sure that your microsd is big enough.

If you have to restore, do this:

adb shell

then this:

stop zygote

rm -r /data/*

cd /data/

tar -xvzf /mnt/sdcard/full_backup.tgz

reboot

and voila!

That's more or less what does cwm. If you don't have drm stuff like market movies, you should be fine.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 52435:
thanks :D

instead of reboot the device i did

start zygote (to start android) :cool:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letama:
:)

Yes, it works often. Android is sometime confused with stop/start, I usually prefer reboot, it's safer.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y0:
whenever i try this command

tar -cvzf /mnt/sdcard/full_backup.tgz /data/*

it shows

tar: invalid option -- z

BusyBox v1.19.4-Stericson (2012-02-20 19:30:32 CST) multi-call binary.

Usage: tar -[cxtZhmvO] [-X FILE] [-T FILE] [-f TARFILE] [-C DIR] [FILE]..
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neur0mans3r:
Perhaps your version of busybox does not support the requested compression.

Options:

c Create
x Extract
t List

Archive format selection:

z Filter the archive through gzip
j Filter the archive through bzip2
a Filter the archive through lzma
Z Filter the archive through compress

File selection:

f Name of TARFILE or "-" for stdin
O Extract to stdout
exclude File to exclude
X File with names to exclude
C Change to directory DIR before operation
v Verbose

As shown above, you can try to use 'j', 'a' or 'Z' instead. You need to replace 'z' with the chosen option during unpacking as well.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilesrm:
The Archos 101 G9 is not rooted, which means that applications like Titanium Backup won't work.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2grae:
Confused.. My archos 101 G9 is rooted
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilesrm:
y2grae: Sorry, thought you had the original ROM.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2grae:
My apologies. wrong end of stick.

if you can get the root version of the stock, then titanium will work?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sargeue:
Works great for making backup, but when I try to restore it just stays at Archos splash screen. I tried to clear delvik and cache, but still can not restore. Any ideas? Just for fun, I formatted whole device and flashed newest firmware and installed rooted AG9fR build then tried to restore, but to no avail, just stuck on Archos logo for over 20 minutes. I do have all apps and backup from Titanium!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letama:
It was working well for me... What version of Android is it ? I know that 4.3 and 4.4 could cause troubles with selinux, it should be another tar command that stores selinux attributes.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sargeue:
Stock rooted ( freezenook's Rom [BUILD9] (10.09.2013)| Root, Deodex. (4.0.28)) ICS
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letama:
Ok, 4.0 doesn't have selinux, so it's something else.

You're doing tar as root, right?

No idea then, it should work fine.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] MitchAifa:
Can any experts help me with my little problem on changing icons on user applications, not the system apps icons because i was able to do that manually.. :D

I had successfully changed all the icons of installed user applications on my SGY.

What i did was open it with WinRar and go to res / drawable ldpi (36x36) or mdpi (48x48) or hdpi (72x72) folder & replaced each icons there with proper file name and size..

After i finished it, i copied all modified apps to sd card and tried to install it one by one, but it says "applications not installed"..

And now i wonder what's wrong with what i did? I was able to replace the icons in system apps manually using the method which i used with this one but this one fails!

Any suggestions or instructions?

Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you!!! :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] BeingAbhi:
After Editing You Have To Sign The App And Then Install It..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] AndroidNeophyte:
Try Zipsigner app... Might help...

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4g with Beats Audio
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
I've tried that method before too, when I was modding widgets, and it just doesn't work. What worked for me though was same method, but had it signed again with this little tool I found here in xda. I'll link you later when I get on desktop.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] emjimadhu:
what is the tool name???
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] MitchAifa:
Yeah, i totally forgot that there was a signing thing when modifying apks..

And Sir, can you please give me the link of that "little tool" you're talking about when you get back in your PC? Thanks so much! :p

Thank you to all who responded! I appreciate you all! Cheers! :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
I couldn't find the thread I found it from anymore so I can't link the source. But I attached the sign tool which I still have.

Basically you get the apk right. Rename it to zip, extract, delete META-INF folder and then replace whatever images you wanted. Zip it back up, rename back to apk.

To sign, extract the zip included here to a folder. Copy paste the modified apk to the root directory of the sign tool. Make sure only one apk file is in the folder. Run sign.bat and press any button when prompted.

If it signed successfully just install the apk, making sure you have the original one uninstalled.

On a side note, if you want to update the app to a newer version through the market, it will not work. You will have to uninstall the modded one, install from the market and then do the process above again if you still want to modify it.

There are other signing tools too, ones that could sign multiple apk's simultaneously but for some reason they've never worked for me. But you're free to try. Google for 'em. :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] GeekSpin:
I have tried this method manytimes

and it works everytime :D

are you replacingonly the icon in the app apk or any other files to

you have to sign the apk after modding

use the tool given by silvane

if the 7zip method dont work for you

you can use apktool to decompile and recompile the apk and then sign it

you are ready to go

:D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] MitchAifa:
Thanks @Silvane and @deadlylocker as well as others for helping me..

@Silvane: I already downloaded that "autosign" app this morning but i didn't know (phil. time) that it is necessary to delete the meta-inf folder while modding apks before i saw your post so i appreciate your effort of giving instructions! Thanks so much! :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
No problem. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psp888:
How is it the original Samsung Galaxy S value pack upgrade allows the camera to take a video and take pictures at the same time, but the S2 with ICS doesn't have that feature?!?!?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
:banghead:Samsung:banghead:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hIdd3N-:
Are you f%#kin serious? Some people here are unbelievable.... Well ask some SGS owners what they think about not getting ICS... Instead a ****ty value pack of shame...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axko:
This would be a very nice feature to have. GNexus has it too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankimm:
Samsung couldnt suck anymore!

Release an awesome phone but **** it when asked to support properly.

Swear to god wont buy any samsung **** from now!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikl0018:
Ok... from the top - I've done a good amount of flashing custom ROMs (B & N Nook and Captivate) and reading on forums but I'm currently stumped. I can't boot into the ClockworkMod recovery - instead I go to the stock android system recovery <3e>. This has been my complete procedure:

1 - Odin3 one-click downloader and connect phone in downloading... mode, click "start" to go back to stock

2 - odin one click "master clear"

3 - Samsung Kies update to Android 2.2 froyo and then Android 2.3 Gingerbread

4 - One click root

5 - Put .zip of ROM on internal sd root

6 - Odin3 v1.82 load ClockworkMod Recovery .tar

Now here is where I am stuck - I have the most up to date ClockworkMod Recovery but I can't boot into anything but the stock android system recovery <3e> (either through the app or by holding volume up and down and powering on) - where if I change the zip file name to update and try to apply update from sdcard I get an error that the signature verification failed. I'd like to install the latest build of ICS but I am just stuck - any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
You'll need a kernel with the non-3e recovery baked in. You can either flash a Gingerbread kernel with CWM (e.g. Boog's kernel) or flash a stock gingerbread rom with CWM in the kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikl0018:
Ok - thank you. I have downloaded that Heimdall one-click .jar file. However I'm having trouble opening it... I feel really foolish ont his but if I extract the files I see a readme file that says I shouldn't be reading it and I have gone the wrong way. But if I open the unextracted file it tries to open in WinRAR and again non of the files seem like a program file that I can just open and run. Sorry about this...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
No problem - just double-click the file. The .jar is an executable file that will install the necessary drivers, open the heimdall program, and get everything ready to flash. Once it's ready and sees your phone in download mode, all you have to do is click flash and it will do the rest.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikl0018:
I have now figured out ICS - I think I had the wrong .zip I was trying to install... Does the ICS allow for overclocking?

Ok - my apologies again for keeping going with this (but my main goal is to get to ICS) with that kernel it wouldn't let me install ICS (but I was able to do the latest CyanogenMod). On the Team Hacksung Wiki page FAQ on Galazy S it looks like CM7 kernels don't work - did the one I installed from the above thread have a CM7 kernel?

Does anyone know of a specific kernel I can use to go from stock 2.3.5 so I can boot into ClockworkMod Recovery and install the ICS zip?

I'm sorry - I needed to update or install Java... Then I needed to install the correct drivers - automatically routed to this through the Heimdall program so it was easy enough (I think this has to do with switching between ODIN and Heimdall). Thank you again so much for the help. Time to give ICS a shot :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidblaster:
YouTube ics video I had the same issue boog kerneral with cwm baked in it att boot loaders follow the instructions I'm using works great
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmilldrummin:
Flash back to stock 2.1 which includes the 2e recovery which doesn't have signature checks. With that you can flash a cwm zip and get into the clockworkmod recovery. On the captivate you gotta reinstall the the update zip twice, once to install cwm, the other to actually go into cwm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
I wouldn't recommend flashing back to 2.1, as it is much easier to simply flash a kernel with CWM baked in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmilldrummin:
That is also an option, both able to be done with several clicks of a button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaygrone:
any help?

i try to enter to APPLY SDCARD:UPDATE.ZIP

but have the same error :

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verifcation failed

i have galaxy i9000b

also have the superuser , 2.2.1 froyo and wanna upg to ice cream or anything new:confused:

i read i have to change the android systema recovery <3e> to 2e ??

here i found a lynck with 3e-fix-unzip-uninstall

but these is for Captivate and doesn't work for i9000b ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmilldrummin:
Yea 3e recovery has a signature check, and clockworkmod zips are not officially "signed." Either flash back to stock 2.1 eclair which has 2e recovery w/o signature checks, or flash a custom kernel with cwm already included, as suggested above. I cannot speak for if the modded 3e recovery will work on an i9000b.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmilldrummin:
Edit: this 3e mod should work on the i9000b, and has worked great for me http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Le Dam:
Thanks for this link
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamespvz:
i flash and now always in recovery i try all tihings but now in pc only apears his A101S_REC with 256 mb i cant put file firmware:mad:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
what device do you have? Archos G9?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamespvz:
archos 101 g9 now its resolve but only have 13g instead 16g
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbarbosa:
how are you a flashing your G9?

tell me the steps...

como estas a flashar o teu G9?

diz me os passos...

Póvoa terra querida lol

raro encontrar portugueses muito menos da povoa
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamespvz:
now i put new Custom Rom - ICS@BLUE_V01 and my hdd intern only say i have 13gb instead 16gb:confused:

help me pass this problem where are the others 3gb?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surdu_petru:
Hi!

...but if you flash Stoc Android ICS .aos in your device ....you have 16GB ??? :rolleyes:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psiman24:
Isn't it partitioned that way for the system and internal storage (3GB for apps and OS) and rest for internal SD???

Psi.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamespvz:
this is what apear in my archos 101 g9 16g
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
Yeah the other 2.2GB is used by the system
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamespvz:
any idea how put more ram the ram?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
Some of it is reserved for system as well

Only way to increase would be to swap out the RAM chips (probably wouldn't work anyway!)

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Defy Themes and Apps] brajesh.sharma87:
I have found this Xperia S launcher and using it on my defy (CM7.2). Its fast and looks awesome. Just wanted to share with you all. :)

Original Thread

The theme used in this screenshot is Xperia Arc theme by kevin.
[Defy Themes and Apps] mandhir.s.bajwa:
Looks great... gonna try it
[Defy Themes and Apps] CoolBoy323:
thanks this thread!!

very nice theme, i love it :)

to my mind, sony's the best looking :cool:
[Defy Themes and Apps] erickwan:
Works on cm9 as well:thumbup:
[Defy Themes and Apps] swanster:
wew.. nice launcer.. that's only for CM 7.2??
[Defy Themes and Apps] brajesh.sharma87:
no, it works on CM9 as well but I dont know if there's any way for these icons.
[Defy Themes and Apps] jmms94:
There is no way to put xperia S music player????
[Defy Themes and Apps] abhifx:
nice... but there are no corner folders. how can i add them? :confused:
[Defy Themes and Apps] brajesh.sharma87:
no re, xperia S launcher me corner nahi aata. :D

you can download xperia arc launcher for that. But this one looks more sexier than Arc launcher.
[Defy Themes and Apps] benzD:
Thx fpr sharing. Really nice one. Could you manage to run the live wallpaper? Doesnt work for me on cm7.2

Gesendet von meinem MB525 mit Tapatalk
[Defy Themes and Apps] nocolors:
Yeah use it on my defy with my miui rom, everything works as expected. The widget are really cool
[Defy Themes and Apps] brajesh.sharma87:
no, I am not able to run the xperia live wallpaper. Some open GL related problem.
[Defy Themes and Apps] mandhir.s.bajwa:
Same here.. It always fc on me.
[Defy Themes and Apps] benzD:
Thx for responding

Gesendet von meinem MB525 mit Tapatalk
[Defy Themes and Apps] nikolas60:
me iam running the cm9 latest build and i get the application was naot installed
[Defy Themes and Apps] Defy!79:
is this working with stock rom aswell??
[Defy Themes and Apps] brajesh.sharma87:
It works on all ROM provided the version should be 2.3 and up
[Defy Themes and Apps] dengenergy:
Gesendet von meinem MB525 mit Tapatalk
[Defy Themes and Apps] jayanth1255:
Awesome..thank you.. feel smooth now.. apex and nova are very laggy..
[Defy Themes and Apps] TiagoRigueto:
screenshots and link for download ?

sorry my english...
[Defy Themes and Apps] heysri:
refer this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557091
[Defy Themes and Apps] TiagoRigueto:
wow!!! nice top man!
[Defy Themes and Apps] RPHJR:
so good!!!

so beautiful:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maddyriaz:
hi folks..

i recently chekced into my neo v settings to find that the option for Software update (settings>About phone>Software Update) is not there... :O

upon some research i found that it's cuz i deleted some apks, i think the one concerned with s/w updates is dmclient.apk or maybe ssome other..

btw im on night-elf kernel based on a stock based .62 rom.. cant recall the name... i was wondering if i can resstore the option somehow.. :)

thnx in anticipation.. :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
restore UpdateService.apk

go to development section to find thread where you can get that app.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maddyriaz:
thanx alot man.. i found the files and this is wat happened..

first i copied it into /system/apps

rebooted.

nothing hpnd

the apk file also wasnt there

tried again and this time opened the apk file.

app installed and shows in the app drawer, but not in settings.. :eek:

copied the apk to /system/apps again

stil the option dint show up..

however i think the problem is at least partially solved.. :D

i was wondering how i will go about updating it to ICS as its about to be out soon.. :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
copy apk to system/app set permissions to rw,r,r and restart phone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
Why don't you use pc companion to update? I freezed update center with titanium backup to remove notifications about 0.62fw update,but pc companion shows it that 0.62 is available.Using pc companion to update is lot better than on air update app ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Pandemic:
sorry but i dont think you didn`t even search around here, so read please the FORUM RULES !! Newone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] epro2k7:
Software update consume much memory and battery, just remove it and using Sony companation.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maddyriaz:
1. im on .62 fw but when i connect it to pc, the pc companion still says, new fw .62 avlbl.. it got me confused.. so i thght of tryin it with phone's update centre..

2. bro i make sure i do my research work before buggin you folks.. ex, whn madfysh told me to change permissions, i really dint know how to do it. but i found it from googlin etc.. tried 3 different file managers, to finally get it done.. and im having fe more isssues, which im tryina to find out , but if i dont find in sometime, i myt ask on xda again.. :(

but yeah i owe u folks many thanks :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
For most of regions either 0.42 or 0.62 is the latest fw ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maddyriaz:
thats wat im saying,

im on .62,,, but upon connectin the phone to pc companion , it still says new update available, .62..

thats stupid i think :confused:

lol
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Gjole86:
UpdateService.apk can be removed safely as Sony said that ICS wont be rolling as OTA update, PC companion / Bridge only. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
How did u updated to 0.62 fw? pc companion or the zip file posted by thedroidboy in dev section ? also what is your base band ?

same happened to me once when I updated to 0.62 fw using that zip and baseband was 56,but that happened only once.Besides I don't think this is a big problem for you right? :p if pc companion notification annoys you that much close pc companion :p :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maddyriaz:
updated through the zip file.. the pre rooted one..

base band is 56 i guess.. it ends with -56

and its not a prob at all.. doesnt annoy me.. but anyway as the ICS wont be OTA the issue is solved.. now juss hoping that there no more delays.. :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] m4x23:
Hi guys,

I'm glad to post in this forum because I'm very interested in modding and custom for smartphones BUT... I want to ask you some questions about my bad adventured encoured yesterday:

1) Fresh Sk17i with .62 stock firmware

2) Unlocked bootloader with test-pointer method (success)

3) Downgraded firmware to .58 stock firmware with S1tool WITHOUT wipe cache and partition (success)

4) Rooted with Doomslord (success), at this point I will able to see "Superuser" icon in menu

5) Installed Xperia CWM Auto-Installer with granted root (success)

6) Executed OTA upgrade to .62 stock with SE autoupdate...

Phone downloaded firmware and, at next reboot, it shows an opened box with 4 squares.

Phone shut down and never boot again. I was in panic!

Now, afraid to recycle the phone, I've executed these steps:

1) Trying to power up phone nothing appears on screen, only a tactile feedback with power button down

2) Green status LED blink for several times, tried to remove and reinsert battery no effects

3) Putting the smartphone in Download mode, Sony Companion Suite will recognize it but as "Generic smartphone" and I cannot do anything (no repair or firmware upload)

4) Re-tried to flash .58 stock firmware with S1tool, upload success but issue persist

5) Downloaded WotanServer and uploaded .62 Italian HOLY GOD IT WORK!

Now, I've two simple questions:

- What's wrong with the steps listed?

- I've losed the bootloader unlock with flashing more times firmwares? (Service mode will always display me Bootloader Unlock Allowed: YES)

Thank you very much guys
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Unlocked bootloader and OTA update = "bricked"
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] m4x23:
Thanks for your reply.

Can you tell me how to restore bootloader unlocked with "Test point" method? I've now flash'ed .62 stock rom with Wotan and tried to load Xperia_Relock_bootloader ftf file with Flashtool but s1tool will always recognize a "r" bootloader.

SOLVED: Did the job hitting "RESTORE" in s1tool after wiping phone hitting "Restore" in Companion and flashing useless ftf bootloader relocker... '-.-
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Bootloader stays unlocked until you relock.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] farlz_89:
Can i know how u success relock bootloader after flash to stock .62 at wotan server? Before this i use testpoint method to unlock bootloader

I cant see "Restore" in Companion...mine is Sony PC Companion 2.1

And u flash ftf bootloader relocker using what? Flashtool?

Hope u can guide me step by step to relocked bootloader..tqvm for help
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ginryu:
Here this one will help you out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465255
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Restore in S1Tool, not PC companion. To go back to stock ROM, use SEUS, Flashtool or Wotanserver.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] m4x23:
For test-point method unlock for restore bootloader you only need to hit "RESTORE" in s1tool and all will work.

Everybody known how to check if DRM is correctly in or has been wiped?