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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] redsphynx:
twrp backup help

I managed to soft bricked my phone by flashing the wrong firmware to my cellphone like a idiot and never made a backup. Can anyone do a factory reset and upload their twrp backup for me to restore if possible please . Ive been told that is the only way i can recovery my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Sezri:
So I rooted my phone using one of the first rooting methods, however gameguardian and its equivalents all cause my phone to reboot itself if I try to use them. I would like to un root then re root with the best method, how can I go about re rooting? Thanks tons!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] redsphynx:
Looking for help anyone

Can anyone help me out by doing a twrp backup so i can restore my phone please?. if you backup then wipe then do a backup of the wiped device you can upload that and it will act like a "rom" for me. then u can restore your original backup and have all your app data back. This is my only phone so im hoping someone out there can help me out.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
What the heck did you do?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
If twrp had a way to flash it via cwm I would help you out, but I currently have cwm as I dont like using odin. So I think I will stick with that unless someone makes it flashable
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
I could still use some help. I've been soft bricked since February I think. Samsung and T-Mobile seem to have the Galaxy Light last on the Kit Kat update list. I could easily switch back to CWM Recovery from TWRP and flash a factory reset CWM nandroid of the Galaxy Light. You can PM me if you like. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I will upload one tonight for cwm. Got to make some backups and they tend to take a little while
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Demonoid111:
If someone can post a TWRP backup of /system that would be great.

I'm in need of it too.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] redsphynx:
cwm backup

I could also use the backup when you make it =)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
As I said here is the CWM nandroid, stock but missing some stock apps that I deleted. Everything else is 100% stock.

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B6XNGiYi3fE_SVBFdUJUZmNvMFk/edit
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
Access permission is required?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Im working on making it public, cant seem to find the setting in the app

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Now give it a try
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
You never did say if it worked
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
Say, thanks - I'm just starting to work on it. I don't have great expectations though because I think one of my partitions is hosed which will probably require a stock or odin restore.

Will let ya know shortly. :good:

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system.ext4.tar was really small and I got an archive error while viewing.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Should have been a folder to download, I would just put it in cwm/backups
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
errors -

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

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Oh I see what you mean but CWM system.ext4.tar also has system.ext4.tar.a and system.ext4.tar.b right

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Yeah CWM system.ext4.tar is real small. system.ext4.tar.a is huge like 1GB and system.ext4.b is like 250MB.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Hmmm, I'll download it and see what happens. Should have no issues unless something happened with the upload

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Are you putting it in data/media/clockworkmod/backups?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
The file is like 1 byte in size.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I dont know whats going on because I just flashed what I downloaded and it worked no problem. The file your talking about is very small but a and b and larger. Total file I uploaded and downloaded was 1.2* gb cant remeber if ifs 1.26 or 1.24
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
From the link you provided, I only see three files:

boot.img

recovery.img

system.ext4.tar

But CWM backups for the system partition look more like this

0 Mar 6 05:29 system.ext4.tar

1000000000 Mar 6 05:31 system.ext4.tar.a

270966272 Mar 6 05:31 system.ext4.tar.b

Boot and Recovery were OK but the system backup should look similar to the list above where the first numbers are the size of each file in bytes. From the link you posted I can only download the first system.ext4.tar file. I don't see the other system files.

CWMBackup0414

Maybe you can log out of Google Drive and test your link. Also I'm still using the link posted above labeled CWMBackup0414 and the files were last modified Apr 22.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
.....

Try this one, I uploaded to dropbox..... I jope it works, should be 1.26gb

Edit: link removed still not uploading the whole thing. It shows on google drive that it has all the files dont know why your not getting them.... ill try dev host and see what happens
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Here it is in a zip.... NOT flashable. Just a zip of the backup. Unzip it to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/e03mdebntt5ex2y/2014-04-23.02.15.09.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Try my new one

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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] redsphynx:
backup

Thanks, downloading it now =)

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I was able to flash your backup and got my phone back on =) only problem is when i put my sim back in it i have no network data so i cant place calls. Ive tried toogle on off on airplane mode with no luck and when i go into setting and click on networks its comes up saying insert sim. Anyone got any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Try a factory reset, if that doesnt do it then I have no idea about that
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Sezri:
How can I unroot my phone? I really need help, please and thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Skipjacks:
Go into Superuser in the app drawer. There will be an option to uninstall it.

Do that.

Reboot.

You will be unrooted.

Revert any changes you made with root first, because you wont be able to remove them once root it gone.

Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] karneenka:
sd

anyone has a problem mountind sd on pc..my pc doesnt see my fone as storage anymore..after root....it actually doesnt see it as anything..plz help
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
When I renamed the phone the computer started seeing it as a media player and I couldn't store anything. Did you change the designation?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] funkspiel:
Speak of the devil - i just rooted my galaxy light kinda - I decided to not take a big risk and use oneclickroot you pay 30$ and they root it - it seems like alot but its safer as a last resort if you cant find anything. The version of odin that I was using didnt seem to work and after I paid oneclick I figured out what they did. (Wont tell you because I dont want to hurt their business + i dont really remeber) but you can use Odin and clockworkmod recovery to make backups.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Baddude8:
How do you really use this file to restore?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Do you have the cwm recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Baddude8:
I don't have it. Is there another way?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Did you ever get this straightened out? And is anyone else that used it having the same issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Baddude8:
OK. Have you test the backup? Some of the files seem to show up as 0 bytes.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] deserteagle50:
Backup Before Root

Hi,

I am new to this forum and new to Android. I am trying to root my Samsung Galaxy Light just so I can remove bloatware. All I would like to do is make a complete backup of my phone pre-root so I won't brick my phone if I screw something up while attempting to root. I read all 72 pages of this thread and learned a lot, but I still don't know how to take the first step. I am stuck in the loop of:

(1) backup your phone before rooting

(2) to backup your phone use Titanium Backup or Nandroid

(3) to use Titanium Backup or Nandroid your phone must be rooted

(4) to root your phone go to step one

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] cwb1231:
Root first then use TB to make backup
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] deserteagle50:
Thanks for the reply. The problem is that I would like to make a complete backup of the phone before I root since I am learning on the fly and might screw it up.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] cwb1231:
Can't without rooting
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] deserteagle50:
I appreciate you trying to help, but you are just not getting what I am asking. Please spend your time more wisely by helping other members.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Use odin to put twrp onto you phone, [MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION] posted the link somewhere for it with instructions. Then make a backup in twrp recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] cwb1231:
Yes but if you do it that way you won't have a stock backup.it will have a custom recovery as part of your image.Just an fyi. Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you want
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] deserteagle50:
So this is what I need to put onto my phone? shabbypenguin.com/?developer=Galaxy_Light_%28SGH-T399%29&folder=Recovery

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THanks for trying. I guess I still don't have my answer. I am a little surprised this questions hasn't come up before.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] cwb1231:
It's one downside of android. No easy way to make a complete back up of phone with out rooting
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
I think the problem here is that deserteagle wants a stock image using the stock recovery. I'm afraid I have to side with cwb, here. You can't get a stock recovery image without root. I'm sorry, deserteagle, but his answers were bang on. If you don't mind a custom recovery in your image, by all means, flash a custom recovery. The phone won't be stock, tho. Cwb was just trying to help.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I believe someone also posted the stock recovery. So if you do put twrp onto your phone, you can put the stock one back.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] jlovejones28:
I have cwm recovery on phone and I am trying to do a restore from external sd (where I put your nandroid backup) but keep getting files not found...

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What procedure did you use to flash the backup...did you sideload or something?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] deserteagle50:
device status

Thanks to all the posters and especially ShabbyPenguin for helping me get my device rooted.

The only thing I would still like to do is set the device status back to stock and enable OTA. I have already installed the Xposed framework with the Xposed and RootCloak modules and also RootCloak Plus with the Cydia Substrate. However, my device status still says "custom" and when I try to run the Software Update it still says "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I suspect that I have to add certain apps in RootCloak in addition to the default apps that were added when installed.

I recall some posts in this thread stating that others accomplished what I am trying to do. Perhaps a little more detailed explanation would be helpful. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
We'll probably have to wait until an OTA is pushed so it can be captured and flashed. Honestly, unless KK brings some serious performance boosts, I'm not all that fussed about updating.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
KK was better optimized for phones with less memory, like my exhibit 4g. I don't know that it will be all that beneficial for this phone. 5gb is a lot more than 500mb...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
memory as in ram, not storage :P

besides this phone has already gotten the kiss of death, no kit kat for yall. if the i9300 couldnt get it due to 1gb of ram with teh same cpu (except clocked faster) no reason to think the handful of lights they sold will get kk.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Well, that's no good. It would be funny, tho, if my exhibit had a more modern rom than my light.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
T-Mobile just announced an update via OTA and Kies for Galaxy Light, G Flex and Note 3 for the VoLTE (Voice over LTE)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/05/22/t-mobile-launches-volte-seattle-g-flex-galaxy-light-note-3-updated-support/
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Despite having root cloak installed, I seem to be unable to install the upgrade. I was kind of doing a dry run, in case kit kat is ever released. #crossmyfingers
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
Yes, I tried too and it actually started the update process but reported that my device version couldn't be upgraded. I'm not rooted but still bricked.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] g2Noob:
Samsung Open Source

I cannot post links but the KK source code for our phone is out???!!! (I might be late to the party but I just noticed it today)

Maybe there's still hope? :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
That update you all are trying is mainly for seatle. But kitkat is still possible for us. As the source did get released
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
so i got about halfway done downloaidng kernel source so i could have a new one click root ready when i realized we were played teh fool.

http://awesomescreenshot.com/0502uzr646
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
What phone is that
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
That is the AT&T branded galaxy note pro tablet
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Bummer. So close.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] g2Noob:
Oh D: :( darn my bad. I didn't look at the name of the zip and incorrectly assumed that this was for our phone. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
Dont feel bad, i didnt look either until i had it halfway downloaded when i went looking for teh file name on my computer :/
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] jpapa1086:
GET THE UPDATE!!!!

I live in Tampa Fl , I updated my phone to the newest firmware and i went from having 1 bar of LTE in my apt (usually falling back to HSPA) and now I have FULL LTE in my apt.

Was discussing this on HoFo and we are thinking that this new update let me connect to a recently converted tower from Metro. Also Florida was native metro cdma, so the tower must of been recently updated.

I also see the the handoff between 4g and LTE has improved as well.

This update was from Kies, not OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] digriz:
Shame it isnt kitkat.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] xluisx:
After the Kies update, I lost root. Can I re-apply the root?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Any word on any rom development? I can almost hear the crickets chirping. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
No
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
I thought you had mentioned that all which was necessary was to reinstall superuser and recovery...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Odin twrp, and it will root for you when you go to recovery for first time
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] M3gaBit3:
My 2¢ on rooting T399UVUANE4

After reading a couple forums about the Kies update and read you can root on NE4. http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-light/849952-kies-has-update-mj4-ne4.html per Shabbypenguin. Sure enough lost root but reinstalled SU. Regained root status, however, noticed I was experiencing buggy apps. Some froze up, some would just close out. Since I made a Nandroid and Titanium Backup of my apps with data from MJ4, thought maybe try a real clean install of NE4. Wiped everything except internal storage and extSD thru TRWP. Odin the NE4. Reinstalled TWRP. Installed SU via TWRP. Restored apps withTitanium Backup.

For over a week now I've not been having serious issues. Some apps after update from Play Store has some issues like SportCenter app.

One feature I have noticed was when I was dialing out (NON WIFI connected) the green phone symbol had an "HD" next to it. The call was insanely clear. Live in Fort Worth, so I wonder if the VoLTE is in the works here.

Hope this helps some.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
Still waiting !!!!

NE4 firmware has been posted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785272

I am still waiting for the kitkat update.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
T-Mobile just announced that VoLTE is now live in 15 markets, including Dallas (which I assume includes Ft. Worth/Arlington), so it must have already been working when you did the update. They also announced faster speeds - are yours better?

http://www.tmonews.com/2014/06/t-mo...0-free-iphone-5s-test-drive-lte-network-news/
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Demonoid111:
VoLTE is working awesomely on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] M3gaBit3:
speed tests in DFW

Run three speed tests. Tried to take screen shots with no success. Did home button/power(which works on my S4) with no success. Tried vol/down and power with nothing.

So I'll just write them here highest to lowest of the 3 tests:

64.34 DL 14.09 UL

53.95 DL 13.63 UL

52.86 DL 13.58 UL

So I took my S4 and checked on the results on it to see that was. The highest on it was 26.13 DL 8.04 UL in April of 2014. So its doubled!

Thanks Planters for the pointers. It was an issue with my Xposed module: Gravity Box.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Dayum, those are some nice download speeds.I get 25-40 at home depending on time of day (there's T-Mo equipment on top of my apartment building). Verizon and AT&T better get their **** together, because in a few years, T-Mobile is gonna leave these price-gougers in the dust.

Screenshot on the Galaxy Light is Home + Power. No idea why it wouldn't work for you, unless you have some Xposed modules messing with the way your hardware keys work.

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Where do you live?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] resutoran:
how do we know when volte is active?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
If you've done the update, and VoLTE is active, it appears you'll get an HD symbol next to your green phone symbol when making a call. T-Mobile will announce new markets too.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] resutoran:
Okay thanks for the explanation! Wonder if the LG F6 got the same VoLTE update as well. I use both budget phones and mainly use the F6 because the galaxy light had weak LTE signals when it first launched.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
So far, the only VoLTE phones are the Galaxy Light, LG G Flex, Galaxy S5, and Note 3. Honestly, our Galaxy Light being one of them is a bit of a head-scratcher, since the others are all expensive "flagships" (yet the HTC M8 and LG G2/G3 don't get the VoLTE - yet, anyway).
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] jonestechbyte:
I was surprised by this but around Boise Idaho it seems I have been getting VoLTE .also does anyone know I someone is working on a custom Rom for our light.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Demonoid111:
I live in NYC.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Just a theory, but maybe since the Light shares architecture with other Samsung devices, it was easy to develop.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Could be. It's a T-Mo exclusive phone, so they could have any of a number of reasons. Why it's available on the G Flex, but not the G2 puzzles me. Maybe it's because the G Flex and Galaxy Light aren't big sellers, so they're offering VoLTE as an incentive to boost sales of these phones. T-Mobile is popular here in Tucson, but I've never seen a single Galaxy Light or G Flex that wasn't on display in a store.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Tucson, im movong to phoenix from phoenix as I type this. Wofe is driving.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
T-Mobile is great in Phoenix, better than VZW or AT&T (and Sprint, obviously, but that's hardly worth mentioning). In between Tucson and Phoenix though...

Hell of a time to move to Phoenix. It's hot here in Tucson, but in Phoenix it's just ridiculous. Lower elevation, combined with the extra size, more pavement, and the idiotic compulsion for residents to grow lawns in the desert make it 5-10° hotter than it is here. You may have heard the saying "it's a dry heat", but that's a stupid saying. First, an oven is also a dry heat. Second, people who say that don't know about the monsoon season. In a few weeks, the forecast for EVERY DAY will be highs in the upper 90s to low 100s with a 30-40% chance of thunderstorms, and this lasts a couple months. The added humidity means that lows are in the mid 80's to 90s. And then there's the thunderstorms. It could be sunny one moment, and 15 minutes later you have to pull over to the side of the road because it's raining too hard to see 20 feet in front of your car. 10 minutes later, it's over. Download a torrent of part 5 of "North America" from the Discovery Channel; there's some great Sonoran desert stuff in it. Don't worry too much about haboobs though, they're pretty rare.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I use to live there, but moved to Reno in 2010. Ready to get back
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Ah, that's good then. People that move here from other climes are usually in for a shock when it comes to how extreme the weather can be. I even forget sometimes. This Saturday I had to ride my bike (I don't drive) 26 miles - and yes, that was on the longest day of the year when the sun is at it's highest. I had my CamelBak 100oz bladder filled with icewater, but I still lost 2.5lbs of water weight despite drinking most of it (meaning I sweated off about 3/4 of a gallon). What I forgot though was sunscreen.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
I sell a LOT of Lights. Mostly, tho, to people who don't know or care about VoLTE. Flexes aren't as popular now, as when they first came out.

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OW!