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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franklin01:
Does there is someting to create a backup of firmwares?

I got a branded firmware that is not on the net, I did a nand but it is not a full backup, with rooted phones is it possible to "dump" the phone and create a backup, using adb and odin or something like that?

edit: Or using some kind of update.zip that woud dump the phone from recovery mode like nandroid but full backup, including everything on the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
the apps are not missing you need to put in the code to install the bmc csc to get the apps..

i believe it is #*272*hhmm#
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franklin01:
Does there is a similar code to remove these apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fnakfhe:
I get a REJECTED popup window.

i used your code and use my phones current hour and min. inplace of hhmm.

then i hald to push talk or send.

then screen goes black and says rejected.

im running the jh2 firmware i got this from doing the registry trick to flash to it.

i do believe its the latest bell version that bell is running, but i dont know if it has the bell programs built in.

edit:

just did it again and i get MMI or MMS started.

but the rejected message still pops up.

EDIT AGAIN:

IT WORKED THIS TIME, THE BELL CUSTOMEIZATIONS WORK. THANK YOU.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deastr:
[Q] How to backup against IMEI change?

I have a stock 2.1 rom and I want to upgrade to 2.2 when it is officially released. I'm reading IMEI change problems when flashing some roms and I want to backup my IMEI. How can I do this? My device is rooted and I know how to use adb. Please do mind I have a branded phone with no Android market.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
get root explorer.. there are sites you can download it from without market.. cannot mention them here.. copy the efs directory from the phone to your sd and also external sd card.. and maybe even ftp a copy off the phone in case of loss.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
I'll recommend Nandroid Backup, it comes with ROM Manager, but you need to be rooted
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deastr:
Copied efs folder with root explorer. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koberko:
Hi.

I have a similar problem/quastion:

friend of mine and me got SGS i9000, but he had acidently put wrong type of firmware on his phone.

Mine has original firmware (but is rooted).

Is there a way to make a backup of mine firmware and put it on his phone? And becouse firmware is branded, there is no available firmware for download (that version).

Here are my stats:

model number: GT-I9000

Firmware version: 2.1 - update1

Baseband version: I9000XXJM1

Kernel version: 2.6.29 root@SE-S603 # 2

Build number

ECLAIR.XFJM3

PDA: I9000XFJM3

PHONE: I9000XXJM1

CSC: I9000OXFJM1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
yes you can with the ROM Manager application from Clockwork dude

you can create the backup, then copy it to his phone and restore it

but he needs ROM Manager installed, if he can't then it wont work

then the next best thing is to use Odin, and flash JH2 or whatever you happen to be on.

Which model does your friend have?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whistler_QD:
[Q] [HELP] Efs files owners after copying a backup.

Hi!

I think I've got a problem. I had made a backup of my /efs folder and then flashed JPK firmware. My Product Code has changed from PRT to KOR. Later I decided to switch back to Eclair. I've flashed JM1 and restored my copy of the /efs folder (delete current /efs location and copy backed up /efs directory in Root Explorer).

After these operations my phone just couldn't connect to the network (no signal).

I've checked Owner and Group of each file in the /efs directory (via Root Explorer). All of them has:

Owner: system, Group: sdcard_rw.

I don't thing these are correct. The next thing i've done is deleting files:

nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5.

After a reboot my phone works - it connects to the network.

So I've checked the Owner and Group of the new created files - Owner: radio Group: radio.

The other files (also in the .imei folder) still have Owner system and Group sdcard_rw.

So here's my question:

It is wrong, isn't it? How can this affect the way my device works?

What should be the right parameters? Can you check it for me?

If they're different (I bet they are) - how to fix them?

Maybe chown 1001:1001 can fix that problem (haven't checked that yet, because I don't want to make things even worse).

Please, help me! :)

EDIT:

Ok, I already know how to change these parameters. All I need to do is install BusyBox and a Terminal Emulator.

Then open the terminal, type su <enter> and then chown radio.radio <file>.

Can someone who has not been editing the /efs folder check for me the defauld Owner and Group of files and folder in the /efs directory? Just open /efs folder in ex. Root Explorer, tap and hold on a file and then tap "Properties".

I'd really appreciate your help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
All mine are sdcard.rw and i have no network issues.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whistler_QD:
Check the Owner and Group of your nv_data.bin it won't work with Owner: system and Group: sdcard_rw... For me it didn't work.

Have you copied this folder from sdcard with a file manager?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalpik:
All files are owned by radio:radio

Only .android is root:root
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whistler_QD:
Great! Thank you!

Now I can fix this (don't know if this will change something, but at least I'll sleep better :) ).

But... Could you also check the permissions? I don't know if they could be changed?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
Yeah i copyed mine over from a back. I have had another look and all files are sdcsrd.rw
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
Sorry for the re post if i edit i cant add the image
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whistler_QD:
Right, it's all about permissions.

You've got RWXRWXRWX, so it think it'll work for you no matter who is the owner and what group it belongs to.

Can somebody check what permissions does these files have originally?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Why not just follow the tutorial by Richthofen?

I also had the same problems, but I decided not to invent a wheel and followed his instruction to the letter, thus have absolutely no problems. Why so many people fail to do that?

No one ever said anything about deleting whole folder - you pretty much destroy your phone by doing this.

The only important file is nv_data and its supposed to be rwr------

radio for owner and group.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlorianO:
Two newcomer questions -- Backup&Restore, Editing the "launch bar" (?)

Hello,

Two quick questions:

1) Backup&Restore for the whole device

As I am experimenting with various ROM versions, installed apks, etc. I was wondering if there is any Backup & Restore tool (and manual/howto) that does the whole device at once -- OS/ROM, installed apps, the lot.

What I am after is that, if I'm flashing with such and such firmware I can easily go back to a "known state", consisting of firmware version, installed applicaitons, etc.

2) Editing the TouchWiz "launch bar"

.. or whatever is called the bar at the bottom of the screen containing shortcuts to "Phone", "Contacts" "Messaging" and "Applications".

What I want to do is replace those with my own shortcuts e.g. replace "Phone" with "Dialer One".

Edit: I already found the answer to this one in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3zu36KcSKQ

Thanks in advance for the help !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
what tutorial is that search is down?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Rich posts his firmware here. From jm7 to ji1 all have tutorial on how to downgrade.

Look for topics named Release: xxJM8 (latest)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
When I try to chown efs with radio.radio I get this error:

chown: unknown user/group radio:radio
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
are you doing the folder or a file in the folder?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
I tried doing it to a file (at first)

should I try this?

chown -R radio.radio /efs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
chown radio.radio /efs/nv_data.bin (for example) is all you need to type.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
And this is working for you?

cause I still get

$ su
su
# chown radio.radio /efs/nv_data.bin
chown radio.radio /efs/nv_data.bin
chown: unknown user/group radio:radio
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
what device do you have? Also im not sure radio.radio is correct as when i delete nv_data.bin and the md5 and let it update on reboot from the nv_data.bin.bak my owner and groups change to owner:radio Group:root rwxr-xr-x
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
I have I9000 from Europe

I also deleted my MD5

it was rebuilt with owner&group radio

and permission rwx------
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
maybe it has something to do with my bak file is a backup off my sd card? what are the owner and groups and permissions of your .bak and .bak.md5?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
O.K got it

is should be

chown 1001.1001 /efs/nv_data.bin

all my files have owner:system group:sdcard_rw

cause I copied the entire folder
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
i get no such user 1001 lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
Well, it worked for me

now all the files (and folders) in efs

Owner&Group:radio
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
i get no such user -Rcv and if i do chown radio.radio /efs it just changes the folder
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
-Rcv is not a user

R make the chown recursive (include all the files and subfolders)

cv just show you what files&folders changed

you still need 1001.1001 (in my case) or radio.radio (in yours)

it should be

chown -Rcv radio.radio /efs in your case
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
that what i thought but i get:

# chown -Rcv radio.radio /efs
No such user '-Rcv'
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
What is the output when you type only chown?

mine is

maybe try
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
Usage: chown <USER>[.GROUP] <FILE1> [FILE2] ...

god dam it lol time to get typing :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omrij:
you have a different chown version

are you using busybox 1.17.1?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
good shout i forgot titanium backup down graded it to 1.16
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
for answer to 1

ROM Manager is the best, as it backs up the entire ROM, so when you restore you restore everything to the last known working ROM

as for 2, i'm not much into customizing the tiny little details of the GUI yet, but if you jump over to the Application sub forum, there are tons of info about it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Use a home replacement app such as launcher pro ir ADW to replace icons :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlorianO:
Thanks for the tip. Sorry to be obtuse, but does ROM Manager backup the _entire_ phone -- installed apps, settings, app data (e.g. mailboxes, etc) -- or do I need to back them up sepparately ?

Or, putting it this way: Is there anywhere an explanation on the internal organizaiton (OS files, app files, user data, internal SD, external SD) and what parts should be backed up, by which tools, and how ?

Thanks again for the patience.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgcardoso:
[Q] Backup (or dump) Firmware

Hi Guys,

I have came across many topics on this subject but none of them seemed to have and answer.

My Galaxy is the I9000B. There are some roms and patchs that doesn't work with this version, I need some fail proof backup to rollback if needed. There are no firmwares in samfirm.com that matches mine.

Is there a safe way to backup or dump the entire firmware using Odin??

I know Rom Manager + Clockwork should do this but as far as I have seen in the official topic it's pretty much halted.

Regards,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firefight16:
bell pvr

I own a Bell stock vibrant with UGJG9 and it came with bell pvr, as did my first one which quit on the first day, so the pcvr with flash is not true? And I have not used KIES as I was fast to see it was a crappy piece of written software, not unlike the software Samsung wrote for my 850 series Plasma.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgcardoso:
So, anyone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
[Q] How to perform a full backup

Hello all,

I am new to Android world and I just got my first Android phone, Galaxy S. At this point I am very confused about all software and all procedures but I am trying to digest all as quick as I can.

After some research I found that XXJPK is latest leaked firmware. My phone is JG1 and decided to flash. Prior flashing, as any of you might do, I want to full backup my phone (contacts, apps, settings, etc.). Unfortunately stupid Kies has no backup/restore option so it is unclear what and how I have to use to achieve my goal.

Found that most common backup and restore app used is Nandoid. Can someone confirm this ? I searched a little bit but no tutorial or documentation for Galaxy S. Can you route me here to any doc, tip or tricks available ? Does Nandroid require root ? If yes, what are the alternatives (non root full backup) ? I did not understood the benefits of rooting quite well so I am incredulous about this. Again can you route me to some pro/cons about rooting.

Also I plan to switch to vanilla screen locker and found showthread.php?t=790686 for doing this. One of prerequisites is Recovery 2e. Is Recovery 2e used in order to be able to apply unsigned update.zip files ? If yes, can you route to some proper documentation ? If not, can someone detail what Recovery 2e does ?

If you have in mind any other pieces of information that a new guy should know about Android please fell free to share.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
yes Nandoid is the best for backing up the ROM image 100% it is like the equivalent of a GHOST image on a PC

for selective backup of apps, or data, use Titanium backup
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ladduro:
Thanks for your update. Any other more acurate answers to my questions please ?

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
[Solved] bug Titanium Backup not backing up Apps to SD

for some odd reason in my Ti backup it doesn't show my apps only my system settings to backup

tried uninstalling / reinstalling

but if i let Ti backup, backup to root, then it shows all the apps, is this a bug?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] An Droid:
Do you have any Filters enabled? (thinking specifically of Filter by type: System)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crapbag172:
Titanium Backup........HELP!!!!

Hi Guys,

I am moving over from a dell streak to a samsung galaxy s i9000 unlocked version. I purchased the full version of titanium backup on my dell streak and backed up all of my apps and app data. I then installed titanium backup on the galaxy s and then swapped my sd card from my dell streak into my galaxy s. Now the backup that I have done on my streak is missing.

There is absolutly no previous backups being brought up within the app even though the backup files are on the SD card. As far as titanium backup is concerened, i havent performed a backup yet so I cant restore anything.

Funnily enough, I experienced the EXACT same issue using mybackup pro. When I try to do a restore it says "Could not get backup set"

Is there something im doing wrong that is preventing me from restoring my apps and app data to my new device?

Does anyone have any tips or tricks around this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Nope, no filter, i just checked

It's set to All
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Do not despair,

The SGS works slightly different, it will read your SD card as the External SD

So what you need to do israel to copy the TitaniumBackup directory to the internal SD

Then restore then backup
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
problem was the BusyBox, reinstalled a good busybox, and everything works like normal again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] web_ranger:
[Q] Perform a complete system backup

Hi,

is there any possibility to perform a complete backup of the system. Including rom/apps and all that stuff. I want to play around with some different firmware-versions. And if i don't like them, that i can recover the phone with odin.

Thanks

Edit: I found Nandroid
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
nandroid and titanium backup is all you need

and please use the search next time

this question has been asking more than 20 times already
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cda9er:
Ok...so I am the dumbest person here, fine...

but, I am unable to do this method you are talking about. It simply isn't allowing me to get anything back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtanny:
[Q] what files to backup (if i can access them)

Hey all,

i dont know if it has anything to do with it but i dropped my phone last night from waist height and although the memory card came out nothing else has been an issue and its worked fine all day up until i got home from work and my phone was off. i switched it on and it went to the S screen then it turned itself off and now wont switch on or go into recovery mode but will go into download mode so i know im ok and should be able to flash with odin

But!!!

is there a program to access my files to backup as ive played a few hours on Lets Golf and ive just got into Zenonia and played for a few hours along with a fair few psx4driod, snesoid and gameboid games.

last time i connected it to my pc in download mode i could flash with odin but it never recognised it as a memory card so i fear ive lost all my save games

any advice is welcome but i get the feeling ive lost everything, but as long as my phone is repairable im not too fussed as i was on JPC so i might give JPK a go, or maybe go back to the last official samsung release (i think its JF8???)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compuse:
oh how happy i was with titatium backup, i manually installed apps back easly!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkman89:
hiya sorry to ask a silly question, but does this method make a complete backup of the system so if I tried froyo could I get my phone back to the original phone settings using the Rom Manager/clockworkMod menu im using the (Rom Manager Premium V2.0.1.8) many thanks for you time.

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveJeep:
Backup To PC

Was just wondering how I can copy all the files on my i9000m to my PC? I can't see them on my PC when I hook up. Only can see the internal and external from my PC. I'd like to back up all the system stuff just in case.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
there are 2 ways to do this

you can use Titanium Backup (needs root) to backup all your stuff to Sd, then you copy it from SD to your PC

or you can use Nandroid backup

it will do a full image backup, and you can also copy it to the PC

but is pointless to have it on the PC as when you need it most, it will only work off the internal SD

so you will need to have ROM Manager installed which also requires Root
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarthV:
I'd do both a titanium backup and a nandroid one. They will be saved to your internal CF card by default and you can just copy them to your PC through USB (or through a network or Dropbox or...). Having copies on 2 different spots (PC and phone) will save you headaches in case your phones breaks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveJeep:
Thanks guys! Backup under way.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aleg_81:
Hi guys, 2 day ago i bought my first TP2, i'm happt but... i'm losing my view!!

my incoming text sms are too little for me, fews mm! this only in no chat mode... in chat one it's all ok (beacause i can setting zoom...!).

I hate chat mode... so how can i do?! :(

I searched in all threads!

thanks to all :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
Settings > System > Screen > Text Size

- Or -

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\RichEditHostFontSize
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Jason85:
the zoombar also works for me while viewing a text thread
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveWoolly:
I flashed Froyo the other day using the Scandinavian reg hack in Kies and to be honest I haven't had any problems really. But I was wondering if I should actaully perform a master reset as well?

The only thing is, if I should then I have already rooted and applied OCLF, so should I remove this first?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pele78:
I would strongly suggest removing the lagfix and ext tools, back up your data etc.

You can leave as root.
[Epic 4G General] imtjnotu:
http://engadget.com/2010/10/21/samsung-comes-clean-with-galaxy-s-froyo-upgrade-dates-all-carri/
[Epic 4G General] beavis4ever:
Then how long until sprint releases it? That's what I would like to know. Lol
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
As ususal, Engadget gets it wrong. They can't even read a press release, and never bothered to pick up the phone and call Samsung. This announcement was datelined from London and about the UK, which is clear from its context.

See also this thread in Vibrant forum.

p.s. As recently as a few minutes ago, Samsung's Galaxy S support site for the U.S. on Twitter was saying there is not ETA for Froyo on this side of the pond at all.

Deployment for the Epic is even more complicated than the rollout for the GSM-based variants in the U.S. If the Epic gets Froyo in November, I will be most pleasantly surprised.
[Epic 4G General] imtjnotu:
one way or another it seems like typical samsung taking forever to release an update
[Epic 4G General] infamousjax:
I just got word from my sprint connect to not expect froyo until mid-late december... he said it may be well into january before sprint pushes it out. let's hope he's wrong!
[Epic 4G General] Geekybiker:
Typical sprint. Its like a perfect storm of two companies that look at support only as an expense, not as retaining future customers.
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
The Samsung Twitter sites for the United States, debunking the the speculation based on the U.K. news, reiterate what Samsung has said all along: Froyo will be deployed by U.S. carriers sometime this year:

Anyone who expected something sooner has been misinformed, or just thinking wishfully. Many examples of both errors have populated comments in the various forums for weeks or months.
[Epic 4G General] rquinn19:
I hope they put the Sprint ID or whatever it is on it so I can do away with TW all together. Looked at the Samsung Transform review and was jealous that there was no TW.

I was hoping the delay was due to Sprint ID
[Epic 4G General] sndtubes:
In other words.....maybe on the next phone.
[Epic 4G General] crabjoe:
I'm inclined to believe this since Rogers in Canada is saying their version of the Captivate will get Froyo in 2011. If Froyo was ready in 2010, everywhere else in the world, why would Rogers tell their customers to expect it in 2011?
[Epic 4G General] imtjnotu:
Samsung is a joke when it comes to software updates...almost on par with htc gimping allof there products
[Epic 4G General] Last-Chance:
Like I said in previous threads, sprint will recieve it last, because of 4g kernel modifications.
[Epic 4G General] mykenyc:
Honestly id rather them skip froyo and work on gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
What? You want to wait until 2012 to get a new OS update?