yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mic_crispy:
No mods on my s4. Stock camera. All the way zoomed out, it feels like its too close.

So for example, if i wanted to take a picture of a 36x36 painting, i have to be farther away to fit it into frame than my s3.

Has anyone else noticed this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jetlitheone:
Yes, it is because the FoV is different on the lens. (field of view)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mic_crispy:
Thats the word i was looking for....

So im guessing this is not like quake 3, where i can adjust the FOV?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jetlitheone:
Not at all, its mostly because the megapixel count. cameras in phones cant have such a high pixel capture and great field of view all at once... yet
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mic_crispy:
Okay, thanks.

I just noticed it was very hard to take a full framed picture in a tight place.

Oh well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mic_crispy:
On that note, could you just lower the RES to achieve the wider FOV?

Since the lense is better than the s3, the picture should still look better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jetlitheone:
sadly, it doesn't work like that :|
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] schollianmj:
Not sure its the solution your looking for, but try using the panaroma mode... Its a pain, but theoretically should work as long as you dont need flash or anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ronj1986:
Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten the field of view is smaller on the s4. I was trying to tell my wife that the camera looks too zoomed in all the time. The Optimus G Pro has a better FOV than the GS4:mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] burhanistan:
Well, it's not quite like that. What you're seeing onscreen for the S4 is the aspect ratio of the pictures you're taking. So, you're getting an accurate representation before you take the photo. It's not anything but how it should be. The camera even thoughtfully has the aspect ratios of each megapixel setting in the settings menu. If you select a 16:9 setting, you get full screen because that's the aspect ratio of the S4's screen. 4:3 looks cropped because you don't want to distort your framing when you're lining up your shot. Just to clarify, this is a good feature, and not a bug.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] GeorgeP:
No. This issue being raised is field of view, not aspect ratio. The field of view on the GS4 is smaller than on some other camera phones because the equivalent focal length is longer. A smaller field of view is not better or worse, it is a matter of personal preference. With a smaller field of view, things will look somewhat closer and close up portraits will look less distorted. With a wider field of view, you can get more in the picture, but close up portraits will have distorted, somewhat cartoonish look. This is because there is more perspective distortion as result of squeezing more in the frame. For reference, the S4 has a equivalent focal length of 31mm, the iphone 5 33mm, and the HTC One 28mm. So just on the basis of field of view/focal length, the iphone would the best for close up face shots, the HTC One, the best for fitting in the most on the screen, and the S4 in between the two.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hyghonryce:
yeah i'm a little disappointed because i like wide angle. but as long as you can take a couple step back, its no problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
For those interested in THIS thread.

There is now "ChatHeads for all notifications" or simply "Floating Notifications".

If you like it and use be sure to thank the Dev!! Another release is dropping soon also just an FYI!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] john:
hi,

I've had a t-mobile MDAII for a while, but i was very disappointed in the screens performance, too high contrast and dark screen.

I also read on forums that the screen is not using all its capabilities with the colors.

So what i wanted to know, is if it's only the MDAII that has this screen, or all HTC devices?

because i want to buy now a O2 XDAII. Does it have a better screen?

thanks for your help!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] KTamas:
I think there's no hardware difference in MDA2/XDA2/Qtek 2020, only different ROMs, softwares, and of course, branding :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] asci:
It looks fine to me [QTek2020] and I've experienced a lot of differet colour displayes...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] RazoE:
Hi guys, just got my S4 Wednesday and I love it. Rooted it and installed TWRP immediately. I'm on UAMDB and don't want to upgrade.

The notification to update keeps popping up and I can't post pone it anymore. Any ideas how to get rid of it? Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] JUSMEJOSE:
Just update ... if use odin from development thread it doesn't delete nothing ... thats just me ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ZDoubleZ:
just update and root it again lol :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] RazoE:
Thanks for the advice, but I'd rather not have to go through all that again. I'm holding out for Cyanogenmod anyway, so in the mean time, I just want to get rid of the icon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] RazoE:
Anyone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] seawolf823:
Just update and reroot. It only takes 5 mins.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
what everyone is trying to say is

either update or deal with it lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] JUSMEJOSE:
Exactly :) it only takes couple of minutes plus you don't loose none of your user data ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] RazoE:
I'm aware of what everyone is trying to say. What I'm asking for is the location of the file so I can delete it.

Either way, I clicked on it and went away and hasn't come. back
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
prolly will once you reboot. look under /system/app for an apk. i know on my tablet it was very obvious. It was called "UpdaterLauncher.apk" look for something along those lines.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taylerdurden:
Hello, I have a Nexus One with latest official Android 2.3.6 build. It´s not rooted. I really want to free some space. My idea is only remove integrated apps like Facebook, Twitter, Play Books or Amazon MP3. I now I have to root the phone, and then, delete the apks from the system partition. My question is:

Will this space be available for me for installing apps from Play Store? Or is this space in another partition so I won´t be able to use it?

Thanks in advice

(I know if I install CM i will have the option to move all apps to SD, but my idea is preserve the phone as stock as I can, that means, only root and delete apks)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andi747:
Facebook needs a lot space, afaik ~40mb. After that you will have enough space for some other apps.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taylerdurden:
But will this space I free in system partition be available for me when installing from play store?

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
You can change the size of your system partition to whatever you want, you can also add or delete apps from system partition. Yes root your phone if you need more space
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Hi, I've got a big issue, I unlocked my bootloader and did not save my One's content, now I've lost all my files and most importantly, all my photos and zoe, I'm looking for a software to restore it (Also, I can't mount the internal memory as SD-Card, is that normal, is there a workaround ?)

Thanks in advance, I REALLY need help...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
forget about your files, there's no way to make them magically appear... did you flash a custom recovery right?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Yep, I'm not speaking about "magically" restoring, restoring software exist, I already had this kind of issue with a Sensation but I can't find the software I used to restore the deleted files...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
never heard of restored file after having been deleted... i can't help you with this... i ca help with the sd card mount
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
If you can just tell me how to mount the memory as SD Card I'll be able to handle it...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
did you install a custom recovery?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Yes, I'm using TWRP, but I can't find how to mount the memory as flash drive or anything...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
i do not have TWRP but isn't there an option for usb mount?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Nope, in "mount" I've something called "Storage: Internal Storage" But when I touch it, it takes me to some two choices window and it doesn't seem to mount the memory as SD card, I also have USB-OTG but it says "Unable to mount /usb-otg" when I touch it, what recovery are you using yourself ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
i use CWM, i've got some problems with TWRP in the past and i'll never use it... try to reboot the recovery and paste here the logcat that you can see tapping in the upper right corner if i am not wrong
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevessvt:
May help.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5kZWZpYW50dGVjaC5kaXNrZGlnZ2VyIl0.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Well, I flashed CWM 6.0.3.1 where should I go to mount SD Card ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
mounts and storage and then try to mount usb
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
I don't have it...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
ok i've seen that usb storage won't work so if you want to access sdcard you have to use

adb shell
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
That's what I though... Well, I'm ****ed... :crying:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
actually i red wrong :o, mmm did you have a branded One?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Yes, unfortunatly, I had to get it from SFR (The french Vodafone I assume)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
you flashed the unbranded One CWM right? does it (recovery) give error on the startup
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Yes, I get some errors about some files (logs) not mounted...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
ok that must be the problem, could you take a photo and upload it?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sy5wtyvczwrdf1s/IMAG0421.jpg
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
not good news, i would probably return to stock and then reunlock everything, probably your partitions are messed up right now that's why you can't do anything
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Well, I can access the memory from the ROM and did not flash any custom ROM, so technically I'm still on stock...

The only issue is that the device is mounting as a "media device" (roughly translated) but not as an SD Card, but from what I know, there is no UMS connection, so apparently I'm still ****ed :-/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Anyway, thanks for helping me out, there is no solution, but you deserved a thumb up for your time ! ^_^

If only this device had an UMS connection I would have been able to run a file restauration, but with an MTP I'm screwed...

I said goodbye to all those beautiful photos and Zoe and moved on...

It's still quite dumb from HTC to make an only partition on the device... This means that when I'll want to update my custom ROM I'll have to save the whole internal memory... I'm speechless...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Oh !Hello there, I didn't see you in the corner ! :D

I'll give it a go ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevessvt:
Hope it works for you!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeroxide:
I have my photo's stored on the sdcard partition which isn't formatted during a rom wipe.

also, if you can boot it to menu, did you try the software which was linked above?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
I'll but I need Root for that, I'm working on it, I'm trying not to get too much hope ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tableuraz:
Well, I could get back some MP4 (I dunno if I can read them) but I can't restore any photos for some reason, I can see every interface PNG/jpg but not one single photo... Strange...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
[MOD][JB][ICS,GB =?] Original "fast" Xperia Cosmicflow livewall like in the comercial

When i first saw the ads for the Sony Xperia S i loved the way that cosmic flow live wallpaper looked like, totaly different than the one in the retail Gingerbread version, ICS had the same app and apperantly JB also has the same slugish Cosmic flow live wallpaper. Olso the other models had the same livewallpapare. So as usual i searched for something better but other than finding the same cosmic flow live wallpaper but with multiple colours and a white version witch i'll share to you later i didnt find anything good. The only thing i found was a Gingerbread specific version witch i moddified to make it work on JB. Hope you like it. Its a lot faster, and a lot wider than the original apk. More anymated and more fluid and FAAAAAST. From what i tested it, i didnt notice any bad battery drains done by it.

Dont remember the user who shared the original apk. If you know who he is let me know so i can credit him.

DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

Requrements:

Stock Sony Jelly Bean ROM (maybee custom rom olso, need testers, maybe Stock ICS and Stock GB olso need testers)

Instructions:

Install as normal apk over the existing cosmic flow

Notice* : 1.if you whant to revert to your original cosmic flow just uninstall it normaly

2. It might cause one or two FC's but eventualy works flawlessly

PLEASE IF YOU TEST IT TELL ME HOW WELL IT WORKS

SCREENSCHOTS

IF YOU LIKE IT DONT FORGET TO HIT THANKS :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Working great

Thanks dude
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlueCat95:
Working fine on Xperia mini :D

Enviado desde mi ST15i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] precardo:
Don't work on Gingerbread 2.3.7 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pitxda1968:
working great for me on the JB eXistenZ V1 :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
It even looks better :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
My question will be: I know its different and nicer butis it faster than the stock one? To your phones i mean :d
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ItBankRock:
Works on my Acro S stock ICS firmware .55.

BUT... Sometimes it force closes, sometimes it's stable. Weird but it runs smoother than the old Cosmic Flow.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
great, was looking for it.

anyways wish for a moded version

Edit: better than the stock one. MIUIv5

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
Modded as in more colours right? too much coding :)) need to learn more :D, but this is better than nothing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
well, then I'll try to do that if I have free time.

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
I wold much apreciate that :), but may i remind you there is a modded version of the original slow one, 2 viariants, white background and black background with a lot of colours, even if you make multiple colour variatios of this one it wold be awsom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] LilBlinx:
Isn't this the same

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640139
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
Yess and no, i download it from the thread you pointed and it doesnt work at all on stock JB, an least not on mine. Plus take a look at the screenshots :), anyway i hope you read the whole first post :) ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] exitium90:
Works fine on 4.2.2 PAC. Thnx :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] naheel azawy:
works on my mini pro ics
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] XperiaS_Lt26i:
application not installed, an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed.

using Xperia S stock ics
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Uninstall the previous one, either by Root uninstaller/titanium or simply delete CosmicFlow.apk from system/app

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ItBankRock:
Like what ARNOB said, delete old apk (CosmicFlow.apk) from /system/app, paste the new one and set permissions to r-w-r--r--

After that, reboot to recovery Wipe Cache, Wipd Dalvik Cache, and Fix Permissions (you may not do this but just to be sure...)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spahbod:
Yes.i replace it with rootexplore and set perm.at last reboot but i had fc.after setting live wallpaper we need set again!

Stock .55 fw xperia s
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
When changing wallpaper, choose Cosmic Flow, settings, and pick a different color. For me it stopped fcs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sirence:
Also works on stock ics :thumbup:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reaper61616:
If anyone want to try making own colors please look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1678111

:D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Um, can you help me in getting the light blue and little white colours only? I'm using a Mac :-/

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reaper61616:
Please tell me what is hard for you :)

I can try. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
[MENTION=4330458]ARNOB[/MENTION] you can change colours of this apk with that tut?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reaper61616:
Yyy... This is question or sentence? :P Of course!! :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
Its a question :))), forgot to add the "can" word to the right place, so

[MENTION=4330458]ARNOB[/MENTION] can you change the colours of this apk with that tut?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vaith:
This CosmicFlow is laggy like every CosmicFlow. When I set this live wallpaper everything is laggy.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Yes I can, but I'm away and using a mac temporarily and I'll be Home on mid June. Till then I can't :(

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
Man what the h*** are you talking about?

No biggie mate, there's time :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reaper61616:
For anyone who want many colors without copying to /system (just install).

PS. This is reversed CF... Take a look - you'll see that flow is disappearing and not appearing... Like you are standing behind your dispaly :p

And weight of apk is very interesting :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vaith:
Your "fast" CosmicFlow isn't fast. It's laggy like every posted here CosmicFlow live wallpaper. It's Sony fault that they don't know how to optimise stupid live wallpaper.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beniamin24:
To me is pretty fast and its way different than the stock ones
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sirence:
Not laggy for me :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pandemic:
I installed this on my Xperia P and guess what:: 1000 times fc

So not working on XP with JB.

..::[ Pandemic ]...:: Face The Insanity With My Xperia P

.....:::: Jelly Bean Moonbreakers Member 4 Ever ::::....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vaith:
Change color and fc should gone. I did this and fc gone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pandemic:
Ok thanks bro [MENTION=3667958]Vaith[/MENTION]:)

Btw you saw my accent themes?

Install them, you really like it:)

..::[ Pandemic ]...:: Face The Insanity With My Xperia P

.....:::: Jelly Bean Moonbreakers Member 4 Ever ::::....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vaith:
I saw it. But I can't install them. I'm not on JB. I have locked bl with XZX2.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pandemic:
ok good :D

ooh ok to bad, you have still no update to JB?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rahid4s:
Works on my XS MiUi v5 .....great.thanks :highfive:

Edit: it works after applying...but when device is locked, and i unlock, there's no wallpaper..its blank. :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vaith:
We will get JB in the end of May. On Sony site were mistake.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkodz:
I had a google but I could not find anything to help me backup the efs on my s4. I read that because it is Qualcomm it may be different, and also that on the s4 the nv_data files are not in the efs folder.

How do I backup my efs on the s4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcom:
getting my Black S4 delivered tomorrow and was wondering the same :confused: After owning many samsung phones I've learned this is the single most important thing to do by flashing everything in sight :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
just copy EFS folder (root explorer) and put in safe place.

Thats all
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcom:
dont that break the permissions ect? If not then I'll just drag the whole folder across to my card :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
No...everything is fine. Just copy EFS folder to your SD. That's all buddy. You good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkodz:
Okay thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
You are welcome

:good:Stay tuned !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
dont just copy and paste efs folder, for permission issue

use dd command in terminal emulator

for I9505 type in terminal emulator:

su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img.ext4
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs1.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs2.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs3.bin

then copy the backuped files to your computer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
Your choice is also working.

(Permission is not a problem. Paste backup efs folder back/ than flash rom via odin)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
NB: nv data files are located in block 13,14 and 15 so it is better also to backup those partitions:

for I9505 ONLY

su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs1.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs2.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs3.bin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
I've never used terminal emulator so wouldn't have a clue where to even start. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
first you must be rooted

install terminal emulator from play store

open terminal emulator and type "su" (without " "), press enter, then grant permission (it will prompt)

then type dd...... command, press enter. that is it, you will find the backup in your internal storage

move these backups to ext sdcard or computer to prevent wiping
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
I am rooted so I'm half way there. It sounds simple enough thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Where am I going wrong? I'm getting permission denied.

Think I've sorted it by changing the permissions of the mmcblk0p10 folder. My efs file is about 13 meg is that about right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes! you must backup also m9kefs1, m9kefs2 and m9kefs3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Will do. Is it as simple as dropping them back into the the dev / block folder if something goes wrong?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
for I9505 ONLY

to restore, put wanted file in internal storage, and type in terminal emulator (example for efs):

su
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img.ext4 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10

beware restoring to wrong partition may brick your phone! be sure to write it exactly. (for EFS restore to block 10)