[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pitchblack5691:
Hi friends of XDA,

This is my first post in Developer's section :)

I'm very new to android and linux, actually i'm a noob in scripting but i've tried my best and will try to learn more from here.

i've been using ubuntu for past two months and android phone for past seven months.

i really started to like the open source community and learnt a lot! here i have created a simple piece of shell script

which will backup your phone and create a zip package for flashing with clockworkmod.

this piece of script package works right from your phone from start to end and will create a flashable zip package.

this idea was inspired by onandroid by ameer1234567890

so credits to him for creating a very portable script to create a nandroid backup while the phone is online.

this tool here works the same way as onandroid but instead creates a flashable recovery zip and the compression rate is higher than a Nandroid backup (see comparison chart below).

I have learnt everything i know about android from this forum. I wanted to contribute to XDA so i wrote this package

for you, my friends of XDA.

This is the first release for testing but i will be releasing upgraded versions with increased features and support for more devices.

first is first,

#include

/*

* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards or

* thermonuclear war.

* do some research if you have any concerns.

* YOU are choosing to make these changes.

* yes, i copied this disclaimer from FXP because it is cool and i am lazy! :)

*/

REQUIREMENTS for v_2 :

1. xperia phone and kernel with CWM installed.

(theoretically it can be easily ported to all andriod devices. if interested, please test and let me know)

2. if hte script fails to install busybox and zip bianry, you have to manually place the busybox and zip binary and set permissions (execute the script and read the instructions)

3. script manager (compulsory)

4. some patience.

HOW TO USE:

1. download the attached zipbackup_v_X.zip

2. extract the "zipbackup" folder present in the attachment to the root of your sdcard

3. executed the extracted "zipbackup" present in /sdcard/zipbackup/ with superuser permissions using script manager with appropriate command line parameter (just execute it it will instruct you).

4. follow the on screen instructions.

COMPRESSION COMPARISON CHART:

NOTE:

1. PLEASE DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE TESTING THIS SCRIPT PACKAGE

if this works in your device probably you won't be using nandroid backup anymore :p

2. this script package was tested in my xperia mini st15i running in my own stock base rom (.431)

and rage kernel so it should probably support all xperia android phones .

3. Everybody is welcome to edit the package without asking my permission provided you inform me and add a link

to this original thread in your version of zipbackup and credits should be awarded where due.

4. Right now in this v_2 release, only the /data , /system and /cache partition backups are done but in future

versions i will try to add support to backup /sd-ext and .android_secure .

5. Anybody interested is encouraged to suggest improvements in script and credits will be awarded where due.

6. If you are using a governor to limit the processor speed during screen off please disable it before back up and enable wakelock in sript manager else it

will greatly increase the time for compression if the screen is off while zipbackup script is running or try keep the screen on while the script is running.

SCREENSHOT:

NOTE: zip binary is actually installed in /system/xbin/ ignore the mistakes in screenshot it was shot during testing and that is a typo.

How this works?

Read second post!

CREDITS:

ameer1234567890 for the creation of his portable onandroid script.

The creators of opkg from which i extracted the zip binary for ARM devices.

to cigognes for informing me about opkg

To all my friends of XDA and XDA forum itself without which i could not have acquired this amount of knowledge in scripting.

to fxp for the busybox binary.

To users of ubuntuforums for helping me with my doubts in shell scripting commands.

please let me know if i have missed you out! if i have missed you out then it was done unintentionally! :(

VERSION CHANGELOGS:

zipbackup_v_2:

1. Added advanced backup functionality using command line parameters.

2. this version comes with busybox from fxp 142 kernel so it does not use the busybox present in your device for archiving so no need to worry about support for creation of bz2 archives.

USAGE for v_2:

1. to backup all (/system , /data and /cache) partitions use "-a" parameter

2. to backup only /data partition use "-d" parameter

3. to backup only /cache partition use "-c" parameter

4. to backup only /system partition use "-s" parameter

zipbackup_v_1:

1. Completely re-wrote the script from scratch.

3. removed the zipbackup_install.sh script and merged two scripts into one.

4. Included busybox for bz2 archive creation and extraction.

5. added analysis of power status function.

6. added led, vibration and lcd notification upon sucessful completion of backup.

7. this version comes with busybox from fxp 142 kernel so it does not use the busybox present in your device for archiving so no need to worry about support for creation of bz2 archives.

NOTE: please do not use alpha versions (no longer supported and they are buggy)

zipbackup_v_alpha2

1. added support to backup /cache partition

2. added elapsed time function

3. few minor changes in the script

zipbackup_v_alpha

initial release

TESTED SUCESSFULLY ON:

fxp 142 kernel

rage kernel 3.2

mesa kernel 1.9

kernel panic 1.25

PLEASE COMMENT IF IT WORKS OR DOES NOT WORK WITH YOUR DEVICE!

Please press thanks if my thread is useful! :D