[UTIL] SkitzBackup

bcmobile · May 24, 2011

The attached ZIP includes scripts for Windows and Linux to backup your Galaxy Tab.

Linux users will need to install 7zip

Code:

sudo apt-get install p7zip

May also work on OSX but you're on your own with 7zip

You will need adb access to your tab whichever platform you use.

All you need to do to run it is extract the attached archive and run

Windows

Code:

skitzbackup.cmd

Linux / OSX

Code:

chmod a+x <folder where you extracted it>/skitzbackup/skitzbackup.sh
cd <folder where you extracted it>/skitzbackup
./skitzbackup.sh

The script will pull the following partitions and pack them in a 7zip archive for safe keeping:

efs
recovery
boot
system
radio
cache
misc

Before you ask, I have no idea what the 'misc' partition is. Haven't had time to explore that yet

I have NOT tested flashing these back as yet, except for boot and recovery so you use this entirely at your own risk.

DOWNLOAD HERE
View attachment skitzbackup.zip

Enjoy!

bcmobile · May 24, 2011

Code:

alias del=rm

mkdir skitzbackup
cd skitzbackup

adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/recovery.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/boot.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/system.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/cache.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/misc.img bs=4096"
adb shell  su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/radio.img bs=4096"

adb pull /sdcard/efs.img
adb pull /sdcard/recovery.img
adb pull /sdcard/boot.img
adb pull /sdcard/system.img
adb pull /sdcard/cache.img
adb pull /sdcard/misc.img
adb pull /sdcard/radio.img

adb shell rm /sdcard/efs.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/recovery.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/boot.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/system.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/cache.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/misc.img
adb shell rm /sdcard/radio.img

7z a skitzbackup.7z *.img
del *.img

djmasque · May 24, 2011

Could this be used to backup apps and app data before unlocking bootloader? I can't see a /data partition

rs125 · May 24, 2011

working perfectly!You're great

bcmobile · May 25, 2011

djmasque said:
Could this be used to backup apps and app data before unlocking bootloader? I can't see a /data partition

No. Unfortunately, using this method to backup needs to write to the 'sdcard' which is what you want to back up.

Writing a script to back up data is a bit tricky since you can't reference it as a drive in windows and you can't know, for sure what the mount point will be in linux.

My main aim with the first version was to write a script which would work on either Windows or Linux, which it does. I might do seperate scripts to do a data backup.

djmasque · May 25, 2011

bcmobile said:
No. Unfortunately, using this method to backup needs to write to the 'sdcard' which is what you want to back up.

Writing a script to back up data is a bit tricky since you can't reference it as a drive in windows and you can't know, for sure what the mount point will be in linux.

My main aim with the first version was to write a script which would work on either Windows or Linux, which it does. I might do seperate scripts to do a data backup.

Okay, good work nonetheless

Chainfire · May 26, 2011

Looks a lot like rotobackup, hehe.

bcmobile · May 26, 2011

Chainfire said:
Looks a lot like rotobackup, hehe.

Yes, it is based on rotobackup method, but compresses and cleans up too

Sent from my GT-P7100 using XDA Premium App

seraphimserapis · May 26, 2011

bcmobile said:
Yes, it is based on rotobackup method, but compresses and cleans up too

Sent from my GT-P7100 using XDA Premium App

Whats needed now is a kind of automated restore

tomvond · Jun 11, 2011

bcmobile said:
You will need adb access to your tab whichever platform you use.

All you need to do to run it is extract the attached archive and run

Sorry for the noob question but how do i do this true windows?

janhendriknel · Jan 18, 2012

Will this work for me?

Hi bcmobile,
This looks excellent.

I'm currently running a P7100 (10.1v) with ISI-Galaxy 1.2.5v (HC3.2) but my baseband/modem is still P7100BUKE2.

I would like to get the GSM working (for sending USSD commands) but I would need to flash my modem, and I would like to backup the modem before I flash it with the P7500 modem.bin, if something goes wrong, I can always go back to the old one.

In your script, is radio.img the modem.bin?
Also is the "/dev/block/" always the same on all the different versions of the tablet? (in other words if I have a 10.1v will this backup my modem).

Thanks so much. You help is much appreciated.

dune2k · Jan 19, 2012

seraphimserapis said:
Whats needed now is a kind of automated restore

/!\ IN THEORY /!\ you'd just have to copy the .img files back to the tab and switch the command line arguments for dd. (e.g. dd if=/path/to/file.img of=/path/to/directory)

Rookie407 · Aug 8, 2013

soo i know this is kind of old but does this work for any device? if so what am i doing wrong? its stuck on deamon started successfully...

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