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Dump Rom?

Sorry for the newb question guys. Yes i have used the search but it doesn't seem to be specific to excaliburs and I perfer not to brick my phone.
I'm looking for a way to dump my rom, and use it to flash another persons phone. He saw how I have mine and is eager to clone it. Which I have no issue with, as i'm just beginning my customization. I perfer not to start from the beginning with his, as I have with mine. It has taken alot of time and learning, and I figured there is a simple way to just dump the rom and flash his with all the currect apps I have installed and such. Any point in the right direction will help, and thanks in advance.

rave2n said:
Sorry for the newb question guys. Yes i have used the search but it doesn't seem to be specific to excaliburs and I perfer not to brick my phone.
I'm looking for a way to dump my rom, and use it to flash another persons phone. He saw how I have mine and is eager to clone it. Which I have no issue with, as i'm just beginning my customization. I perfer not to start from the beginning with his, as I have with mine. It has taken alot of time and learning, and I figured there is a simple way to just dump the rom and flash his with all the currect apps I have installed and such. Any point in the right direction will help, and thanks in advance.
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Go to the Excalibur Wiki... (or click here)
on the root of your phone should be the bkondisk.exe file already, but if not there is a DL link there i believe. That will get you to DUMP YOUR ROM,
however, i think there is a smarter way.
1)Download the ROM you are using from the XDA Site
2)Using a backup too like Sprite Backup or other similar
2b)Tell it to backup all your files, and your registry...EVERYTHING
3)It should have created an executable file now...
4)Flash your friends phone with the ROM you downloaded
5)Put the EXE Backup on your friends memory card and run it...it should replace everything on the phone as if it were a clone of yours..
*REMEMBER, the ROMS MUST BE THE EXACT SAME, or else you could get serious glitches....*
*If anything goes wrong, don't hesitate to ask or check out the Unbricking Tut*
Hope this helps you out

Ty sir. I will give this a try.

[Q] So, we have S-OFF. When do we get our 4GB storage?

We should be able to completely analyze the EMMC now and get our full 4GB storage back, right? What's stopping us?

starkruzr said:
We should be able to completely analyze the EMMC now and get our full 4GB storage back, right? What's stopping us?
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i was just thinkin the same thing while i was at work.

My guess is whats stopping you is the dependancy on people who know what they are doing. What is stopping them is their own personal interests. 1.whatever GB is way more than enough storage than most need so i would say....
1. Further exploration for understanding of this device
2. Stable easy to install recovery w/o buggies
3. ROM'S
Root just happened ,those of us that are in need of these very generouse and intelligent people should just be patient and see what goodies they have in store when they get around to it ;-)
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I'm entirely patient to HAVE it, but it would be good to have a least a brief confirmation that the 4GB storage is actually there and will ultimately be accessible.
I wonder this because I'm thinking about the possibility of eventually putting MeeGo in the G2. No reason not to; it's got all the speed and RAM necessary. I think it would come down to a question of internal storage.

Not to bust the OP's chops or anything, its actually 3.7 GB.... and im guessing you can account for atleast 700 MB for ROM and recovery stuff....
So USER accessible should be around 2.9 GB? Correct me If i'm wrong....

funkadesi said:
Not to bust the OP's chops or anything, its actually 3.7 GB.... and im guessing you can account for atleast 700 MB for ROM and recovery stuff....
So USER accessible should be around 2.9 GB? Correct me If i'm wrong....
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negative. on stock rom after data reset, i only started with 1.9Gigs. everytime. thats is a far cry from the 4GB advertixed. plus i dont think recovery images are that large.
can you access the emmc chip thru root explorer after S-off perm#?

i believe someone was saying that this is just a bug in the hardware, reporting the wrong size - unrelated to S-ON.

sundar2012 said:
i believe someone was saying that this is just a bug in the hardware, reporting the wrong size - unrelated to S-ON.
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really. interesting. i'll put money on a dev coming up with a way to patch it.

[REF] System Dump Stock AT&T LG Nitro HD

UPDATE 12/30/2011:
mmcblk0p14
UPDATE 12/29/2011: Redid the system dump from mmcblk0p27 and added firmware dump mmcblk0p1. System dump is large 512 megs now.
firmware.img
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system.img
link replaced
Here it is guys. Hopefully skillful devs can turn this into gold.
System dump megaupload
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MD5Sum: 173ef360d7fe2fa6c95563ae73adfce4
Dump pulled with Busybox in Terminal emulator if people are wondering how. This is my first attempt making system dump. Please let me know if the files are correct. Thanks.

If its right I could kiss you LOL. I couldn't it do.it.and I.hope devs can give us some great roms.
Sent from my LG Nitro HD

Now all we need are a few devs to get the party started. I wish I was half as smart as those men and women.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

I'm trying to figure out the location of factory recovery or if there is one.
I tried "mount" in terminal but can't get any useful info. Anyone?
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA Premium App

I contacted a Guy who helped work an the new Huawei model. Any sort of Dec will help correct? Even if they worked on other phones.
Sent from my LG-P925 using Tapatalk

So, is there any way I could use this dump to restore my phone to the factory image? Or does something else need to be done to it for that?

rydeN- said:
I contacted a Guy who helped work an the new Huawei model. Any sort of Dec will help correct? Even if they worked on other phones.
Sent from my LG-P925 using Tapatalk
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I'm pretty sure they can do it still, even if they don't physically have the phones to test it. We will have to be their guinea pigs to see if things work or not. So yeah, any Dev from any phone who knows their stuff should be able to help.

aquariuz23 said:
I'm pretty sure they can do it still, even if they don't physically have the phones to test it. We will have to be their guinea pigs to see if things work or not. So yeah, any Dev from any phone who knows their stuff should be able to help.
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*insert Guinea pig noises* yeah we will be the Guinea pigs but its a small price to get some development here.
Sent from my LG Nitro HD

Wondering... can this be used to restore a LTE P930 from Bell?? if so, this would be a serious plus.

gordec said:
I'm trying to figure out the location of factory recovery or if there is one.
I tried "mount" in terminal but can't get any useful info. Anyone?
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA Premium App
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If you look within the /cache directory you will find a file called last_log that has the partition information you are looking for. I haven't had any luck mounting the partition, but I think that is normal. Now you can dump the partition to a file and then use some tools that have been developed by people here on xda to get access to the contents.
Regarding the system image... I think we may have everything we need from the LG open source web page. If you go there, you can download both the kernel.source and I think the image source (don't have my laptop to verify).
Let me.know if I can help out with anything...

So, is there a way push this dump back to the phone, aka restore to factory?

Nice, us @ the Thrill 4G Device area are trying to work some of the .apk's and other things from the Nitro HD dump are trying to build a Froyo FIX ROM with this same dump.
Be patient guys, I've not touched the Nitro, but I'm aware that LG Devices take a bit of work to make out a good ROM.
But with this dump and the work of the Thrill and Nitro fixes together we might have a multi-platform ROM.
The main difference, I believe OS mostly the HSPDA & ZTE difference.
Can anyone tell me what this is running? GB or Froyo?
gordec said:
Here it is guys. Hopefully skillful devs can turn this into gold.
System dump megaupload
MD5Sum: 173ef360d7fe2fa6c95563ae73adfce4
Dump pulled with Busybox in Terminal emulator if people are wondering how. This is my first attempt making system dump. Please let me know if the files are correct. Thanks.
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Sent from my LG-P925 using Tapatalk

Gingerbread v2.3.5

So, anyone? can we dump this dumps in back in our phones?

if your adb works you can try extracting it

Any practical examples on how to?

Okay, so I don't think this archive that's been uploaded is going to work, but I could be wrong. I think we need somebody to perform the following set of commands (assuming the user has adb installed and put in PATH) in order to get a proper system.img:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 of=/sdcard/system.img
I'm in dire straits right now with a phone that's only partially working. I'd really appreciate anyone's help (and system.img!) at this point. I know it's a huge freaking file, but I think it's going to be helpful for more than just me eventually.
If I'm in error and this is not the correct system partition, somebody please correct me, but according to the partition tables posted in the CWM thread, mmcblk0p27 appears to be /system
Edit, I think I also need /firmware which is mmcblk0p1. This file should be much smaller, though.

Malnilion said:
Okay, so I don't think this archive that's been uploaded is going to work, but I could be wrong. I think we need somebody to perform the following set of commands (assuming the user has adb installed and put in PATH) in order to get a proper system.img:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 of=/sdcard/system.img
I'm in dire straits right now with a phone that's only partially working. I'd really appreciate anyone's help (and system.img!) at this point. I know it's a huge freaking file, but I think it's going to be helpful for more than just me eventually.
If I'm in error and this is not the correct system partition, somebody please correct me, but according to the partition tables posted in the CWM thread, mmcblk0p27 appears to be /system
Edit, I think I also need /firmware which is mmcblk0p1. This file should be much smaller, though.
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I put it in the OP for you the new system dump and firmware. System dump is now like 500mb using your method. Hope it helps.

gordec, you are an amazing person! Thanks to you I'm back to an AT&T image (mostly). I was wondering if you could do one more partition image for me? Hopefully this is it, but I think I need mmcblk0p14 as well. I honestly don't know what to call this image except misc_mdm.img

Malnilion said:
gordec, you are an amazing person! Thanks to you I'm back to an AT&T image (mostly). I was wondering if you could do one more partition image for me? Hopefully this is it, but I think I need mmcblk0p14 as well. I honestly don't know what to call this image except misc_mdm.img
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well i can help with that part and Gordec you can add this to the first post i just saw the request and thought id help out
misc_mdm.img
MD5SUM = 6d52e666a3f74a7b28cc121c0debc4df

IMEI and Internal storage problem

I did the stupid mistake of flashing to a custom rom without backing up. Nowhere in custom rom instructions says to backup your /efs folder.
Now in "About device" Baseband version is "Unknown" IMEI is "Unknown". I've searched everywhere for a fix and nothing. I tried the following:
Flash stock rom
Format /data and /cache
On keypad, dial *#7284# ....But i dont get the "Qualcomm USB settings" option so i cant try IMEI repair tools
I tried flashing different kernels and different custom roms
Apart from the IMEI problem, the Device cant access the 16GB internal memory. The stock rom flashes with no error, but when i go to
settings > storage: under "Device memory" its full with only 182MB used by some apps. I thought the memory could be bad, but after flashing
Perseus kernel and swapping external sd card for internal memory I can use the 16GB as external memory. I cant find a fix for that either.
INTERNAL MEMORY UPDATE: it seems that internal memory is mounting read only. Still trying to find a fix
Im currently on "T889UVALK8_T889TMBALK8_TMB" rom with Perseus kernel and using "11extsd2internalsd_gs3_fat32" to swap internal to external memory.
Side note: I bought the phone from a friend 2 days ago. Its the Tmobile version and I used cellunlocker to unlock to use it with AT&T. That worked, until I started messing with ROMS. No warranty available. I am desperately looking on how to fix this since i have no spare phone. Any help is highly appreciated and thank you for your time

Eri version: Unknown???
I am having a similiar issue on t889 7105. ERI version "not available". Everything else is okay. Searched everywhere . . .not addressed. Which is strange.

this sucks
gregniel said:
I am having a similiar issue on t889 7105. ERI version "not available". Everything else is okay. Searched everywhere . . .not addressed. Which is strange.
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I cant believe this issue hasn't been addressed

Unfortunately sir their just isnt much that can be done for you. If you read about imei loss without a backup its just about incurable. Sorry.
And the remedy for imei restoration without a backup is hit and miss at best as to whether or not it actually will restore your number. Your best bet is to use the search function and try and experiment with different ways of fixing it. Its not like there is much more damage that can be done anyways. You already screwed the pooch and basically have a functional brick.
No one is going to post a step by step guide for you though if thats what youre waiting on. This is a complicated fix and most members wont devote the time to walking you through it
And to the member that said he searched and found no Information. Well thats just not true. Ive read tons of threads and posts about it and know about SEVERAL backup and restore methods.

crap
janjannsen99 said:
Unfortunately sir their just isnt much that can be done for you. If you read about imei loss without a backup its just about incurable. Sorry.
And the remedy for imei restoration without a backup is hit and miss at best as to whether or not it actually will restore your number. Your best bet is to use the search function and try and experiment with different ways of fixing it. Its not like there is much more damage that can be done anyways. You already screwed the pooch and basically have a functional brick.
No one is going to post a step by step guide for you though if thats what youre waiting on. This is a complicated fix and most members wont devote the time to walking you through it
And to the member that said he searched and found no Information. Well thats just not true. Ive read tons of threads and posts about it and know about SEVERAL backup and restore methods.
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Thank you for confirming my fear, I was on denial. Im getting a new one on friday. How much do you think I can sell this one for, obviously as a tablet?

Developers need to take more responsibility around here with their threads. A simple "I'm not at fault" is sub par in my opinion. Users popping up with IMEI issues are becoming more a common thing. Didn't somebody make an app to back up your efs partition? Why is there not a link to said app in every ROM and kernel thread? This stuff blows my mind.
As there is a rampant influx of "noobs" watching YouTube videos about rooting their devices (most of which for the first time) with links to ROM threads, their needs to be an influx of responsibility taken by those who cook ROMs and feed them to the general public. The issues with the IMEIs being lost is not a small one. Your device is pretty much done for without a backup. Keep reading, keep trying, but since you had no idea that losing the ability to use your device's radios was even a possibility, not your fault.
Good luck. And sorry. You should have seen a link at the very top of the thread you downloaded your ROM from ... and this whole thing would have been avoided. Here is the link, which is always shared too late and after the fact. App is called andromizer forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080009
This kind of thing shouldn't still be happening.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080009
[DEV][APP][Andromizer] Android Customizing Tools (Note2 Specific Features Added)
Here's a link to one I used to backup mine. You have to pay to unlock the backup feature. It gives you way more piece of mind flashing

saseekutz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080009
[DEV][APP][Andromizer] Android Customizing Tools (Note2 Specific Features Added)
Here's a link to one I used to backup mine. You have to pay to unlock the backup feature. It gives you way more piece of mind flashing
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No you don't. The version I got here on xda, also same exact link I posted right before you -_- , allowed me to back up my efs partition with no issues

adam2508 said:
Thank you for confirming my fear, I was on denial. Im getting a new one on friday. How much do you think I can sell this one for, obviously as a tablet?
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Well all is not lost. There have been reports of people restoring imei successfully.
Try and app called andromizer. If I remember right it had an efs backup and restore. Its an app
Second. Go to the tmobile galaxy s3 forum and find their thread about lost imei numbers. Use those tools and the method to try to write back your imei number. Ill try and find it
Edit. Heres the link. Try using those tools and those methods. THAT is the only method I have heard about to work AT ALL. So try it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997

cobraboy85 said:
No you don't. The version I got here on xda, also same exact link I posted right before you -_- , allowed me to back up my efs partition with no issues
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Damn.. Lol I was told wrong, my bad on the repost dude

Agreed
cobraboy85 said:
Developers need to take more responsibility around here with their threads. A simple "I'm not at fault" is sub par in my opinion. Users popping up with IMEI issues are becoming more a common thing. Didn't somebody make an app to back up your efs partition? Why is there not a link to said app in every ROM and kernel thread? This stuff blows my mind.
As there is a rampant influx of "noobs" watching YouTube videos about rooting their devices (most of which for the first time) with links to ROM threads, their needs to be an influx of responsibility taken by those who cook ROMs and feed them to the general public. The issues with the IMEIs being lost is not a small one. Your device is pretty much done for without a backup. Keep reading, keep trying, but since you had no idea that losing the ability to use your device's radios was even a possibility, not your fault.
Good luck. And sorry. You should have seen a link at the very top of the thread you downloaded your ROM from ... and this whole thing would have been avoided. Here is the link, which is always shared too late and after the fact. App is called andromizer forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080009
This kind of thing shouldn't still be happening.
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What would happen if i copied the /efs directory from the new one to this one?

Start a thread titled
Who has restored imei successfully

janjannsen99 said:
Start a thread titled
Who has restored imei successfully
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The issue being you can't restore it without a backup.
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adam2508 said:
What would happen if i copied the /efs directory from the new one to this one?
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Never done it. If you have a new one, just make a backup of the new one and don't mess with it. Now you know to make a backup

Curious
I would like to prevent myself from making this mistake in the future. Are you talking about the same type of back up you would do in TWRP or CWM? Like a nandroid? I've never heard about the backup your talking about, but I have been seeing a lot of people talking about losing their IMEI number and it sounds like really bad news.

Ill give it a try
janjannsen99 said:
Well all is not lost. There have been reports of people restoring imei successfully.
Try and app called andromizer. If I remember right it had an efs backup and restore. Its an app
Second. Go to the tmobile galaxy s3 forum and find their thread about lost imei numbers. Use those tools and the method to try to write back your imei number. Ill try and find it
Edit. Heres the link. Try using those tools and those methods. THAT is the only method I have heard about to work AT ALL. So try it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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I will try this tomorrow, i dont think that there is no fix at all. There is a fix for everything, just not yet discovered. Even though i will be getting a new phone, i still want to dedicate some time on fixing this one. If I find a fix, I might help someone else.

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Corrupt0387 said:
I would like to prevent myself from making this mistake in the future. Are you talking about the same type of back up you would do in TWRP or CWM? Like a nandroid? I've never heard about the backup your talking about, but I have been seeing a lot of people talking about losing their IMEI number and it sounds like really bad news.
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dude, make sure you have a back up of everything. Especially of the /efs directory. I read a few posts about people having this problem even after restoring back from CWM. I will get into conclusions that CWM does not back up the /efs directory. Anyone wants to correct me or add to this?

A little clarification
adam2508 said:
dude, make sure you have a back up of everything. Especially of the /efs directory. I read a few posts about people having this problem even after restoring back from CWM. I will get into conclusions that CWM does not back up the /efs directory. Anyone wants to correct me or add to this?
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Any chance you could tell me where to find this? If ever lost and you have the back up, how would you restore it?

I'll be really honest
Corrupt0387 said:
Any chance you could tell me where to find this? If ever lost and you have the back up, how would you restore it?
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After what happened to me I haven't messed with other roms. Andromizer can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080009 to make a backup of your /efs. I have also used Nandroid, which you can just download from the "play store". Nandroid apparently does make a backup of everything including /efs and bootloader. As to how to restore from those backups I would like to never find out if it actually works. I have flashed the perseus kernel with clockworkmod recovery and also rooted which allows me to overclock to 1800MHz and im very happy with it. I dont have the urge to flash any roms that "promise" any speed improvements. I have also got rid of the bloatware with titanium backup pro. And of course i made backup with it too just in case i removed something i did not suppose to. All backups are in my external SD card and on dropbox. Call me paranoid but after what ive gone through i call it being safe.

adam2508 said:
I did the stupid mistake of flashing to a custom rom without backing up. Nowhere in custom rom instructions says to backup your /efs folder.
Now in "About device" Baseband version is "Unknown" IMEI is "Unknown". I've searched everywhere for a fix and nothing. I tried the following:
Flash stock rom
Format /data and /cache
On keypad, dial *#7284# ....But i dont get the "Qualcomm USB settings" option so i cant try IMEI repair tools
I tried flashing different kernels and different custom roms
Apart from the IMEI problem, the Device cant access the 16GB internal memory. The stock rom flashes with no error, but when i go to
settings > storage: under "Device memory" its full with only 182MB used by some apps. I thought the memory could be bad, but after flashing
Perseus kernel and swapping external sd card for internal memory I can use the 16GB as external memory. I cant find a fix for that either.
INTERNAL MEMORY UPDATE: it seems that internal memory is mounting read only. Still trying to find a fix
Im currently on "T889UVALK8_T889TMBALK8_TMB" rom with Perseus kernel and using "11extsd2internalsd_gs3_fat32" to swap internal to external memory.
Side note: I bought the phone from a friend 2 days ago. Its the Tmobile version and I used cellunlocker to unlock to use it with AT&T. That worked, until I started messing with ROMS. No warranty available. I am desperately looking on how to fix this since i have no spare phone. Any help is highly appreciated and thank you for your time
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It sounds like you did a NAND erase all in Odin. Flash back to stock, use triangle away, call samsung to fix it. I had the same issue and Samsung fixed it for free.

Free?
KillaHurtz said:
It sounds like you did a NAND erase all in Odin. Flash back to stock, use triangle away, call samsung to fix it. I had the same issue and Samsung fixed it for free.
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Even without insurance? And what am I going to tell them?

nvbackup question

ok so i was doing a little reading and stuff and saw that doing a nvbackup was kinda important so i did it though adb via the "adb reboot nvbackup" and it did its thing. now is that all i should do? i saw a few tool threads that were listing off a bunch of other crap their tools backed up but none were for sprint and idk if i should be backing up something else or not. any info is appreciated since im getting more lost by the minute haha
edit: meant to go into q/a. wasn't paying attention.. my bad lol

PhxkinMassacre said:
ok so i was doing a little reading and stuff and saw that doing a nvbackup was kinda important so i did it though adb via the "adb reboot nvbackup" and it did its thing. now is that all i should do? i saw a few tool threads that were listing off a bunch of other crap their tools backed up but none were for sprint and idk if i should be backing up something else or not. any info is appreciated since im getting more lost by the minute haha
edit: meant to go into q/a. wasn't paying attention.. my bad lol
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Yes that is all you do, and just hope you don't need it later
Anthraxed stock mb3...jealous

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PhxkinMassacre said:
ok so i was doing a little reading and stuff and saw that doing a nvbackup was kinda important so i did it though adb via the "adb reboot nvbackup" and it did its thing. now is that all i should do? i saw a few tool threads that were listing off a bunch of other crap their tools backed up but none were for sprint and idk if i should be backing up something else or not. any info is appreciated since im getting more lost by the minute haha
edit: meant to go into q/a. wasn't paying attention.. my bad lol
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That should be sufficient but you can go one step further and back up your efs. There is a flashable zip in the vzw gs3 section that will back that up for you. sorry I dont have the link handy. Another option, the one i used, is to flash synergy rom from the vzw section and itll backup your efs on install. Itll tell you where its backed up to. sdcard/synergy maybe? Then you can copy that to your computer. You can also use qpst to backup your nv items and all the instructions are here.

Wikd said:
That should be sufficient but you can go one step further and back up your efs. There is a flashable zip in the vzw gs3 section that will back that up for you. sorry I dont have the link handy. Another option, the one i used, is to flash synergy rom from the vzw section and itll backup your efs on install. Itll tell you where its backed up to. sdcard/synergy maybe? Then you can copy that to your computer. You can also use qpst to backup your nv items and all the instructions are here.
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i do not think the vzw flashable zip works (correctly) for SPH-L710.
i dont even think if you 'adb pull efs' works correctly on sph-l710.
to my understanding the sprint s3 is completely different then all the other S3 variants when it comes to the nv and efs areas.
i did do a 'adb reboot nvbackup' and i dont see any file or directory that has been created either on my extsdcard or intsdcard.
when i did that 'adb pull efs' it just seems like lots of stuff is missing like nv_data.bin.
i think all other S3's have this file but i think the Sprint S3 does not have it
anyhow if someone who knows what they are doing could explain this a bit more it would be great.
im on MD4 rom
just wanted to add one more thing
when using roms LJ7 and before i could enter the 16 digit password in DFS then use QPST EFS Explorer to read all the nv_items with no problem.
I could also make the "Backup" using QPST and i could read the areas that would normally say "access denied"
in the instructions for using qpst backup or any other tools people provide not including 'adb reboot nvbackup' how would those tools backup those areas correctly?
when you goto restore those .qcn backups you made good luck because almost all the important areas are not going to be working correctly if you did the backup and it was encrypted i believe

en11gma said:
i do not think the vzw flashable zip works (correctly) for SPH-L710.
i dont even think if you 'adb pull efs' works correctly on sph-l710.
to my understanding the sprint s3 is completely different then all the other S3 variants when it comes to the nv and efs areas.
i did do a 'adb reboot nvbackup' and i dont see any file or directory that has been created either on my extsdcard or intsdcard.
when i did that 'adb pull efs' it just seems like lots of stuff is missing like nv_data.bin.
i think all other S3's have this file but i think the Sprint S3 does not have it
anyhow if someone who knows what they are doing could explain this a bit more it would be great.
im on MD4 rom
just wanted to add one more thing
when using roms LJ7 and before i could enter the 16 digit password in DFS then use QPST EFS Explorer to read all the nv_items with no problem.
I could also make the "Backup" using QPST and i could read the areas that would normally say "access denied"
in the instructions for using qpst backup or any other tools people provide not including 'adb reboot nvbackup' how would those tools backup those areas correctly?
when you goto restore those .qcn backups you made good luck because almost all the important areas are not going to be working correctly if you did the backup and it was encrypted i believe
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anyone have info?

sorry for intruding, but doesn't "vzw" stand for Verizon? if so, why are we running it on a sprint phone.

tresveces said:
sorry for intruding, but doesn't "vzw" stand for Verizon? if so, why are we running it on a sprint phone.
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Partitions are the same, and its also CDMA.