Issue #1778
closed
The installation pages lack advice to backup the EFS partition
Added by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer about 8 years ago.
Updated over 5 years ago.
Category:
Installation instructions
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Description
The installation pages of devices that have an EFS partition should advise to backup the EFS partition so users can restore the partition in case of corruption. This could prevent #1467 and would not require to install the proprietary stock images.
The page detailing the backup process should also include information about the necessary permissions the files should have to prevent network issues.
- Category changed from 171 to Website and wiki content
- Category changed from Website and wiki content to Installation instructions
- Target version changed from Any version to Replicant 6.0 0004
This has been done (history in #1930) for most of the devices.
Only the following devices still need to be added:
- Galaxy Note (N7000)
- Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (P3100)
- Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (P5100)
- Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5100)
- Status changed from New to In Progress
We now have two different wiki pages related to backing up the EFS partition:
https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BackupTheEFS
https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BackupsResearch
The Research based page seems to contain information that says that the other page needs to be updated because the commands at the other page stopped working and the backup were corrupted. If this is the case, we should update the BackupTheEFS page or ask that people test out the new commands on the Research page so we can determine if such a change should be made.
Additionally, we should add information related to best practices related to restoring one's EFS partition and link to it on the BackupTheEFS page.
- The BackupTheEFS page is user instructions to backup the EFS.
- The BackupsResearch is a documentation for the first page: It explains what worked and what didn't. Most users don't need that level of details, but people working on writing the user instructions do.
- Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
The bug is fixed. The issue is
adb shell "cat /path/to/partition" > partition.img
, but
cat /path/to/partition > partition
is supposed to work.
To use adb pull directly on the partition we would need to validate that the '*' are working in such context.
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