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Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 05/11/2019 07:36 PM
Move the instructions to backup the EFS in a separate page

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h1. How to backup the EFS
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h1. Introduction
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Many devices supported by Replicant have a partition with the modem data (IMEI, etc) which is called EFS.
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It's a good idea to do a backup of this partition, to make it easier to restore it if it becomes corrupted, as "it can sometimes happen with Replicant":https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1869.
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Only the following devices that are supported by Replicant have a modem data partition (EFS):
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* Galaxy S 2 (I9100)
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* Galaxy S 3 (I9300)
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* Galaxy S 3 4G (I9305)
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* Galaxy Nexus (I9250)
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* Galaxy Note (N7000)
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* Galaxy Note 2 (N7100)
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* Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (P3100)
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* Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (P5100)
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* Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5100)
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If you have a device that is not mentioned in the list above, it most probably doesn't have a modem data partition, so you don't need to make a backup.
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h2. Instructions
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First make sure that you have adb setup correctly and that it gives you a root shell on the device by following the wiki page that explains how to [[ADB|install adb and get a root shell]] on your device.
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Once this is done you can then backup the EFS.
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For the Galaxy SIII (I9300), run the following commands to do that:
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<pre>
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mkdir backup_efs
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cd backup_efs
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adb pull /efs/ efs
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adb shell "cat /dev/block/platform/*/by-name/EFS" > EFS.img 
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</pre>
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For the Galaxy Nexus (I9250), run the following commands to do that:
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<pre>
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mkdir backup_efs
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cd backup_efs
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adb pull /factory/ factory
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adb shell "cat /dev/block/platform/*/*/by-name/efs" > efs.img 
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This will create a copy of the contents of /efs in the backup_efs directory. It will also backup the full partition.
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Keep these files around as a backup in case anything goes wrong.