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Issue #2336

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No cellular network when backup and restore userdata.img

Added by 59iosl30 - over 1 year ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

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Start date:
07/02/2023
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Device:
Galaxy S 3 (I9300)
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Description

I tried to migrate to another GT-I9300 as described here: [[https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BackupTheDataPartition]]

When I did a full backup of /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 on the source GT-I9300:
$ adb pull /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name/USERDATA ./USERDATA.img

The target device GT-I9300 is fresh installed and resetted to factory defaults.

After restoring USERDATA.img:
$ adb push USERDATA.img /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

Everything works except the mobile network. The sim card is detected and can receive sms messages, but there is no cellular network when:
$ svc data enable

If I do a full factory reset on the target device, the cellular network works again. How do I get the cellular network working again after restoring the USERDATA.img ?

Actions #1

Updated by 59iosl30 - over 1 year ago

Can anyone reproduce this issue ?

No cellular network when backup and restore userdata.img - Added by 59iosl30 - about 1 hour ago
I tested it on another GT-I9300 device with the same result. The mobile data did not work after a full backup and restore of the partition from a working device (even with mobile data) to another device. Resetting the network settings on the restored device did not help either.

After a full factory reset, the mobile data on both devices are working again. It looks like a setting or file in /data or even in /system is different or does not fit to the restored USERDATA.img.

Does anyone have a hint on what I can try ?

Kind regards,
Robert

Actions #2

Updated by pawan tranwar over 1 year ago

59iosl30 - wrote in #note-1:

Can anyone reproduce this issue ?

No cellular network when backup and restore userdata.img - Added by 59iosl30 - about 1 hour ago
I tested it on another GT-I9300 device with the same result. The mobile data did not work after a full backup and restore of the partition from a working device (even with mobile data) to another device. Resetting the network settings on the restored device did not help either.

After a full factory reset, the mobile data on both devices are working again. It looks like a setting or file in /data or even in /system is different or does not fit to the restored USERDATA.img.

Does anyone have a hint on what I can try ?

Kind regards,
Robert

If you are experiencing issues similar to these, performing a factory reset might help resolve them. There may be settings or files within either your /data or system directory causing incompatibilities when trying to restore USERDATA.img file.

thanks and regards
pawan tanwar
[[https://www.multispanindia.com]]

Actions #3

Updated by 59iosl30 - over 1 year ago

pawan tranwar wrote in #note-2:

If you are experiencing issues similar to these, performing a factory reset might help resolve them. There may be settings or files within either your /data or system directory causing incompatibilities when trying to restore USERDATA.img file.

Thank you, but as I already mentioned, a factory reset solves this problem, but all accounts, apps, app data and system settings are lost. This is not what I want. I want to manually fix this issue to keep the restored backup, but currently I don't know which files and/or settings are causing this problem.

Can you reproduce this issue on your phone ?

Kind regards,
Robert

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