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EFS Backup Restore utility (Noob friendly)
What and Why
Before starting with this guide you must know what is EFS and why we need to backup it, still you don't know about it then Read This and come back.
OK so now you know why we need this and again before proceeding make sure you need device Rooted, If you don't have rooted device then first Root it (use this guide option 2 to root ) then join here directly to step 2
STEP1 : prerequisites
1.As said above you should have rooted device
2.Make sure you have CWM/TWRP installed. If you have stock recovery then you can use this guide to make EFS backup. But here described method is much easy and noob friendly.
If you want to install CWM then download this philz recovery and flash using Odin
STEP2 Backup EFS
1.Download EFS_baclup_restore-AromaV2.zip
2.Copy downloaded file to Int/Ext SD card
3.Switch off device and press Vol up + Home + Power to reboot device to Recovery Mod. Once it rebooted to recovery mode, selecy Install zip option from recovery
4.Select option choose zip from sdcard OR Ext Sd card depending on file you have copied
5.Select EFS_backup_Restore_Aroma.zip and select enter.
6.Now next screen you will have is Aroma installer. You can select option depending on your choice, where to store EFS backup. Here in example i have selected to make backup on both place int and Ext SD card
7.Once backup is finished, you will have msg like this. Now you can select next to exit.
8.Now select back and return to main menu of CWM and select to reboot system now.
After successful backup you will have MyEFS folder depending on location you have select to backup. You can see 20MB file efs.img in MyEFS folder. along with that you can see build.prop file too. Actually that file have nothing to do with EFS backup but just for capturing information of your ROM when you made EFS backup.
STEP3 : Copy to safe place
Copy MyEFS Folder along with files in it to safer place on PC / Cloud to make secure extra copy.
RESTORE
Follow first 5 steps as mentioned above in 'Step2 Backup EFS'. Now here you have to select option
'Restore EFS from intSD' OR 'Restore EFS from EXTSD' depending on location you have choose to make backup.
Select one of it and click next.
Now exit from aroma, reboot device.
PS : If you already have efs.img 20MB file which you have created with other tool and want to use this to restore EFS, you need to create MyEFS folder and to put efs.img file to MyEFS folder in sd card manually.
What and Why
Before starting with this guide you must know what is EFS and why we need to backup it, still you don't know about it then Read This and come back.
OK so now you know why we need this and again before proceeding make sure you need device Rooted, If you don't have rooted device then first Root it (use this guide option 2 to root ) then join here directly to step 2
STEP1 : prerequisites
1.As said above you should have rooted device
2.Make sure you have CWM/TWRP installed. If you have stock recovery then you can use this guide to make EFS backup. But here described method is much easy and noob friendly.
If you want to install CWM then download this philz recovery and flash using Odin
STEP2 Backup EFS
1.Download EFS_baclup_restore-AromaV2.zip
2.Copy downloaded file to Int/Ext SD card
3.Switch off device and press Vol up + Home + Power to reboot device to Recovery Mod. Once it rebooted to recovery mode, selecy Install zip option from recovery
4.Select option choose zip from sdcard OR Ext Sd card depending on file you have copied
5.Select EFS_backup_Restore_Aroma.zip and select enter.
6.Now next screen you will have is Aroma installer. You can select option depending on your choice, where to store EFS backup. Here in example i have selected to make backup on both place int and Ext SD card
7.Once backup is finished, you will have msg like this. Now you can select next to exit.
8.Now select back and return to main menu of CWM and select to reboot system now.
After successful backup you will have MyEFS folder depending on location you have select to backup. You can see 20MB file efs.img in MyEFS folder. along with that you can see build.prop file too. Actually that file have nothing to do with EFS backup but just for capturing information of your ROM when you made EFS backup.
STEP3 : Copy to safe place
Copy MyEFS Folder along with files in it to safer place on PC / Cloud to make secure extra copy.
RESTORE
Follow first 5 steps as mentioned above in 'Step2 Backup EFS'. Now here you have to select option
'Restore EFS from intSD' OR 'Restore EFS from EXTSD' depending on location you have choose to make backup.
Select one of it and click next.
Now exit from aroma, reboot device.
PS : If you already have efs.img 20MB file which you have created with other tool and want to use this to restore EFS, you need to create MyEFS folder and to put efs.img file to MyEFS folder in sd card manually.
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