yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] arf8:
Mike, i searched yesterday before it went down. Nothing that is why I posted. Also with the S6 it stores that info in /storage/emulated/0 or /sdcard so the folder structure is different. I do see the /data/media folder but that is not the same as the other folders where the phone defaults, however it is linked to /sdcard and /storage/emulated/0, possibly links. Not a big deal but for those with the same phone you have to manually reload.

One assumes with a Full backup it backs up everything. And with a restore same, but again these folders do not get backed up or restored properly. However they are all linked especially /data/media
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
That's one of the reasons some of us avoid devices without a proper external SD Card (or a custom recovery)! ;)

For future reference and once you recover, you may want to consider backing up your emulated SD Card on a regular basis to an external USB thumb drive or SD Card with a USB adapter. All you need is a file manager and an OTG cable. That way you could safely experiment with your device without losing your internal storage data. I'm sure other S6 users will jump in with better advice but it seems reasonable...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] arf8:
I didn't lose any data, I backup everything using otg, in addition I also have Odin and smarts switch backups which does backup the emulated sdcard.

I brought this up in hopes [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] adds this directory to the full backup option to make recovery more seamless
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Smokncars:
Can we please get some lg g4 support.....=)=) finally rooted

Thanks in advance.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rmedure:
Crashing during backup on S4

Deleted.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thorvindr:
Anything like an FAQ or instructions coming in the near future?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
its easy to use already lol.. most rom threads provide detailed instructions to flash their rom.. im sure hes busy with more important tasks but op does ssy he is going to create a manual some day lol
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mark Pixel:
this is great, just great! :good::good::good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thorvindr:
Not the part I need help with. Can't find documentation on Galaxy Tab S partitions so I don't know what I need to backup to be able to restore a usable OS.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
Not meaning to be facetious, but on any device, the partitions you need to restore for a usable OS are the partitions that you clobbered! Sometimes, simply restoring /system suffices but that's hardly a FlashFire-specific issue. If you used a custom recovery instead you'd still need to decide which partitions you need at the time. If you explain what happened to your "usable OS" wherever your device is supported I'm sure someone will be able to suggest the most likely partitions that need restoring but for an initial backup it might be wise to simply back up EVERYTHING, just in case. Subsequent backups might only need the "live" partitions (system, data, cache?)... ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thorvindr:
Yes, obviously. So BEFORE I clobber anything, I want to know what all these partitions are. Most of them seem to be the standard Android partitions (/data, /system, /recovery, etc) but some of them I can't find any documentation on (param, preload/hidden, persisted data, EFS data #1, EFS data #2, EFS data #3). As I understand, I shouldn't have much trouble if I screw up my data or cache partitions, since those are essentially user data and tombstones is basically just log dumps so no need to back that up either.

But you're right: I should ask about that over in the Galaxy Tab S forum. I was just hoping that at some point down the road, the app might include a tooltip or something for "this partition is/isn't vital for the OS to boot."
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
Pretty much ALL partitions as vital (except maybe cache), but some are harder to clobber than others. For example, /system is often demolished by overly careless root users, while EFS usually requires some misguided "flashing". Depending on device, some partitions are so protected that you can almost consider them indestructible. Keep a copy of your bootloader, recovery, modem and system and you'll be fine in most cases. Data and cache are nice if you want to retain your own data and no just return to "factory" state. Don't forget that a good nandroid backup from custom recovery can often save your a...ndroid the easy way... ;)

As for your hope that FlahFire would be able to tell you which partitions are "vital", don't hold your breath. It has no way of knowing that. It already lets you know if a partition is protected or not (merely relaying what the device itself reports), but anything more requires the user to do his/her homework.

Backups are one of the few areas where "if it's worth doing it's worth overdoing" applies. In case of doubt, back it up, then back it all up again in a different location... ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
/System partition is for the OS. you you corrupted it you can simply flash a ROM and everything will be fine.

/data partition is for Apps , App data , Dalvik Cache .

/Cache partition is used to download OTA in Stock ROMs and it has recovery logs and lost+found file

/EFS partition contains your imei and some important data. If you corrupt it you won't be able to make Calls or use mobile data, Luckily its "recoverable" so you can Back it up and Recover it if you deleted something from it.

persisted data: Persistent Data denotes information that is infrequently accessed and not likely to be modified. The opposite of this is dynamic data (also known as transactional data) where information is asynchronously changed as further updates to the information become available. (From Wikipedia)

/*Not sure*/

PARAM: This is the Parameter partition which contains a number of parameters,

variables and settings of the hardware. Apparently it has an 88 byte header

structure that tell us if the MODEMST1 and MODEMST2 have been backed up to the

FSG and BACKUP partitions, respectively. Furthermore it contain all the debug

settings (DLOW/DMID/DHIG etc), the "triangle" status of whether or not you have

flashed custom ROMs and the flash count (0x3FFE00). Current boot mode in use,

and much more. ( From http://forum.z3x-team.com/topic.php?id=8123 )

BOOT: This is the partition that enables the phone to boot, as the name

suggests. It includes the kernel and the ramdisk.. ( From http://forum.z3x-team.com/topic.php?id=8123 )

RECOVERY: Holds the recovery boot image. When updating the system we boot

into recovery mode by using the boot image stored in this partition. It lets

you boot the device into a recovery console for performing advanced recovery

and maintenance operations on it. ( From http://forum.z3x-team.com/topic.php?id=8123 )
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
I would be VERY careful about relying on generic older partition info pasted from a guess on an external site for a specific configuration (MSM8960-based?) since we don't know which model [MENTION=4182415]thorvindr[/MENTION] has. At best that info should be used as a vague guideline to understand the device's own PIT (as displayed by FlashFire) but a Google search might even be more appropriate.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thorvindr:
smt807a (AT&T Galaxy Tab S 10.5). Can't use Nandroid because locked Bootloader, so no custom recovery. I had also see that list of partitions and made the same conclusion of "this is too old to rely on." So I had decided to backup basically everything except data, cache and tombstones because I figured in the absolute worst case not having those wouldn't prevent me from getting to a stable boot.

Next hiccup:

While executing the backup, I get an error. It starts working but when it gets to the preload/hidden partition, it sayss:

"- Preload/Hidden

RuntimeException: Could not mount device

Rebooting...

Errors have been detected. Delaying reboot for three minutes in the hope you'll notice. You could reboot manually, of course."

Anyone have an idea of how I should proceed?

Also: I don't see where it tells me which partitions are protected.

PS The backups made using FlashFire can only be restored by FlashFire, right? So if I can't boot the OS to run the app, the backup doesn't do me any good?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
i only use the defaults and it works just fine..

as far as the backups yes to my knowledge, only can be used by ff.. i typically make a backup and store it on my pc then if i have to start over once rooted+busybox and ff installed i push backup to device and restore so its not completely starting over
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
Oh, you're an AT&T hostage? That's exactly why I suggested bringing up those issues in your device's support areas. FlashFire is good but it can't accomplish miracles.Those &^%$# AT&T devices are a major pain and even though I use their network through various mvnos I have never been daring/foolish enough to buy an AT&T-crippled device so I can't help you, sorry. I see some references that suggest that you can manage to bypass the locked bootloader but I don't believe everything I see online! ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Yes i know, I only copied the information i'm sure of it.

Most of samsung partitions didn't change alot.

the only partitions i'm not sure of is PARAM,

And Boot Partition description has a mistake: can wipe it Whenever i want and be able to boot the device ( to recovery/download mode not to OS ).

I'm sure of everything else As i have a samsung phone ( but not AT&T, international version ).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swick1981:
FF restoring a full backup not working!!!! :( Can anyone help!

Hey Everyone,

I have been using FF for a while on my S5. However, only RECENTLY have I had a problem. I'm using version .21, and it was working just FINE until a couple days ago. I've created backups of the ENTIRE system (all partitions), before I'd do any testing. Well, for some reason, I'm unable to restore the device. The system just sits at the Verizon screen (The red screen with a check mark). I have the phone running ALL night, and when I got up this morning, it STILL was running, sadly. I don't know / understand what the heck is going on. It makes no sense! Can anyone help me out? Should I downgrade to FF .19? Or am I doing something, most likely, to screw something up? Let me know if you have ANY suggestions.

I'm running Samsung's Galaxy S5 Verizon. Muniz_Ri's Deodexed version OE1 rom. I'm completely out of idea's and could really use the help!

Thanks,

Swick

PS. I did look and search the threads to see if there was any info, but I couldn't find it. If it was listed and I missed it, I'm really sorry. Did not mean to ask the same question if this was already asked and answered!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
you dont upload file here lol.. use another site or if its log txt try pastebin or similar

Extreme Syndicate L
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] diddsen:
is oe6 bootloader ok, or newest necessary?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
I'm just guessing that "OE6" refers to a Samsung firmware release from May ("E") 2015 ("O"), 6th revision, but you forgot to mention which device and most importantly how that might relate to FlashFire. In general FlashFire doesn't care much about which bootloader you have (depending on what specifically you want to accomplish) but if you search this thread for references to your particular device you might get the answers you seek.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swick1981:
Can anyone help me...???

Can anyone help me out? I'm desperate and would appreciate ANYTHING you can suggest to help! I'm essentially dead in the waters and hoped one of you brilliant people can help me! (Fingers crossed!!!) heh
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] its the peanut:
As again... Been said to other users as well... Quoting your post doesnt help you any faster, but its helps with getting more annoying
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swick1981:
Not my intention to be annoying. I saw more posts and since my last post was on the previous page, I didn't know if someone would see it. Was the only reason I was doing it. Sorry to offend you - was never my intention. Also, (I'm actually being sincere, honest!), what is the etiquette for waiting for a response from a post? So I don't do this, ever again! I thought after a couple days asking again would be okay, though I was obviously wrong.

Thank You for the info & I am terribly sorry!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
Keep in mind that it's very possible that nobody here has a good answer for you. After all this is "only" a thread about the BETA Preview of FlashFire, not the place for detailed help with every action/device/bootloader/ROM combination. You might get better advice on "unbricking" wherever your device is supported. Because of the unfortunate restrictions of locked bootloader VZW devices, your best bet might be to go back to your original stock configuration, root it using whatever method you used before, then once you have a bootable device try FlashFire again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] s8freak:
Odin to stock and start over. If you can get into Download mode you're fine.

Search in your Verizon thread for the Stock file.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swick1981:
Yeah, that's what I've done. Every time, though, I go to restore a backup (even a new backup), for some reason it won't work, sadly. I go through the process of starting over, do whatever mods I want, created a backup, then when I screw something up and need to restore, I can go through the restore process, BUT... Then it just sits on the red screen with check mark (the boot screen). And the phone gets EXTREMELY hot, so I know it's doing something, though it may be in some kind of a loop, but it is doing something. It's just that it sits on the boot screen, and I'm unable to use my backups. (any of my backups - either the old ones or the new ones, as they do the same thing!) Anyway, just thought I'd ask. If anyone has an idea, let me know. Otherwise, apologies, again, for the trouble. Not my intention to bug, bother, annoy, tick-off, etc...

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
Unrequested suggestion: Next time you get your phone back to "normal", try backing up only the basic partitions (or maybe only /data or only /system) and see if you can restore at least that much instead of a full restore.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] s8freak:
Odin to stock and don't restore your back up just start over
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djnzlab1:
Flashfire, works on SCH-i545 Verizon running 5.01 on T mobile towers thru

Consumer Cellular tried to flash rpm , after full backup, machine did a wipe but lost

flashfire the install rom didn't stick or messed up.

went to google restored Goggle plus started restore from cloud and after flashfire loaded

I did a full restore from ext drive. rooted no problems, its like it never happened....

so how do we flash a rom, after wipe if it looses flashfirelooking for tutuorial for us DUH! users..

Love that Flasfire already thnx
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
WOW... a VZW (mostly CDMA) device on the T-mobile (GSM) network using a CCI (mostly an AT&T mvno) APN... The ultimate Chimera! ;)

I'm not sure what the problem is. If you wipe the device when FlashFire resides in that device's internal storage, then FlashFire will be lost and you'd have to re-download it or restore from a backup in external storage. Is your problem that you couldn't flash a new ROM or just that FlashFire didn't survive a device wipe? Note that your boot and FlashFire logs may have useful clues for you. See the OP for details.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djnzlab1:
Hi

I tried to wipe the phone then tried to install the rom as part of the, maybe I should program the machine to instal rom then it may ask to wipe int and ram?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
ifyou wipe internal where the rom is there is no rom to flash as well as you wipe the rom.. only standard wipe is really needed.. i do the following:

1) Put ROM in Download folder (you can put it where you want)

2) Press + and select wipe (dont select any additional options, just what is already selected)

3) Press + and flash zip and select your rom

4) Long press and reorder wipe to be on top of rom zip

5) Press flash

If you want to do a regular factory reset you simply press + then wipe and use defaults..

If you are selecting other options for the wipe, as stated you are most likely wiping everything including the system.. it would be more like reformatting the drive completely.

Extreme Syndicate L
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BakaNeko59:
Are the backups created with this in the same format as a normal nandroid backup (Trwp or cwm)? In other words can we use Titanium Backup or one of the Nandroid managers from the play store to recover individual apps or files?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Snowby123:
After performing a standard wipe it is possible to recover erased data through titanium backup. So yes
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BakaNeko59:
I realize that, but Titanium Backup has the ability to extract data from a nandroid or ADB backup in addition to its own backup format. That's what I was referring to.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
Ill tell you what, ill waist a few mins of my time to test it for you.. brb

Extreme Syndicate L

---------- Post added at 07:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ----------

to answer your question, no.

if i put in clockworkmod/backup/ or TWRP/BACKUPS/ it will see it but cwm says invalid and twrp will fc tibu when you try it that way..

the files are tlz files which says its twrp on some of the files that i backed up so not sure

Extreme Syndicate L
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
to add, these are the files in a FF backup:

Extreme Syndicate L
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skinza:
I downloaded this yesterday and did an id back up to test and it worked perfectly

But when I tried to flash uni kernel zips it wouldn't change

It would go through the whole process then on the last screen saying starting intelliflash then reboot than when I check in about device the kernel was still the same

G920I
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kashif122:
Normal Boot Failed

Hi [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION].

Today I tried to flash my Samsung Galaxy A500H with stock firmware A500HXXU1BOF6 using flash firmware packages. I also selected option with everroot and wipe. I flashed it and when phone started. It went to download mode and displayed message that normal boot failed connect your phone via ODIN. Then I flashed my phone via odin and CF-Autoeoot it. It worked but everytime I restart phone and first go to recovery then rebooting from recovery boot normally. Please tell me what I missed through FlashFire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Bones519:
I have a verizon samsung galaxy s4. I used Muniz_ri's method to update to 5.0.1 and keep root using ff. Worked great! I like ff except that I have only stock recovery and it won't restore ff backup and safestap will no longer work... So, this is probably a silly question, but could I save the ff backup to the root of SD card and rename it to update.zip and then install on wiped device through stock recovery? Or is it a completely different format?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djnzlab1:
Hi

When I download flash fire it opens

In my Android. I would like to download

The app and install on external sd, this may prevent problem with wiping .

Not very savy, love the apk.

Doug rookie

Oh my phone is rooted with supersu.

I have that Odin apk on my phone paid so

My FlashFire is pro.

Thanks. Rookie

Psps this is the same question as the one above?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Snowby123:
Could you please be more clear? Nothing you said appears to be a question.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BakaNeko59:
It SOUNDS like he wants the apk for flashfire so he can reinstall it easily after a wipe. Just guessing though...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] autotech40:
He can save the apk. With the app apk extractor. :)

if i have helped in any way,please hit the thanks button.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] haro25:
quick question

It says Samsung write protection enabled if your current binary is official how do you remove Samsung's write protection? I used triangle away to reset the binary and stuff awhile back does mean I put Samsung's write protection back on my phone?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] genmy:
Hi, I posted my failure of both flashing and backupin in this thread #1481 ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62253098&postcount=1481 ).

Today I tried to backup efs through 'dd' command, and I just made it.

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs of=/data/media/0/efs.img

28672+0 records in
28672+0 records out
14680064 bytes transferred in 0.661 secs (22208871 bytes/sec)

Then I tried again through flashfire and failed again…

[UI] FlashFire - © 2015 - Chainfire
[UI]
[UI] Creating backup [201508161035-ID-JSS15J.N9002ZNUBMI7]...
[UI]
[UI] - EFS
[UI] /dev/.flashfire/lz4c -1
[UI] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[EXC] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[UI] 15 B, 52216613797a4e4bd646195c1a48fad5, 0m0s
[UI]
[UI] - Modem Firmware Data #1
[UI] /dev/.flashfire/lz4c -1
[UI] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[EXC] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[UI] 15 B, 52216613797a4e4bd646195c1a48fad5, 0m0s
[UI]
[UI] - Modem Firmware Data #2
[UI] /dev/.flashfire/lz4c -1
[UI] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[EXC] FileNotFoundException: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
[UI] 15 B, 52216613797a4e4bd646195c1a48fad5, 0m0s
[UI]
[UI] Rebooting...
[UI]
[UI] Errors have been detected. Delaying reboot for three minutes in the hope you'll notice. You could reboot manually, of course.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rmedure:
Crashing during backup on S4

Hi folks. Well, I don't know if this is a fluke coincidence, or if I stumbled across the answer. I was planning to do some messing around with the phone today, so of course started with a backup. I decided to give it a try without pressing a volume button every 5 - 10 seconds (on a hunch), and low and behold it worked fine this time ... first time since about July.

The only thing that is different is that a few days ago I changed the namespace setting in SuperSU from enabled "separate mount namespace" to disabled. Again, it's possible this is a fluke coincidence, but thought I'd see if any other S4 users out there with this backup problem might want to give it a try.

Also, I totally forgot to set the screen timeout to 10 min ... so looks like this might not be required anymore?

Cheers y'all!! :)

Edit: Oh, this is also a possibility? -- About a week ago I updated the Xposed installer from 3.0alpha2 to 3.0alpha4 and Xposed framework from arter97-V3 to arter97-V5 (Krait) ... that or the clear cache/dalvik cache that went with that.