Backup and restore using ubports-installer

[lool_lauris]

HI,
An this backup option will accept any phone in its factory setting ?

[AlainW94]

@Lakotaubp Not yet, I have to cleanup my code before to push it, and I only tried it on Meuzu Pro 5

[AlainW94]

@lool_lauris Only working with UbPorts phones, I tried it with a Meizu Pro5 on Android and it's not working.

[lool_lauris]

@AlainW94 said in Backup and restore using ubports-installer:

@lool_lauris Only working with UbPorts phones, I tried it with a Meizu Pro5 on Android and it's not working.

When I was asking about any phone, I was meaning the available phones for UT, of course.

[AlainW94]

@lool_lauris And this is also why I asked if everybody had the folders "user-data" and "system-data" on their devices while in recovery mode, because this folder will be the one to be backing up.

[Lakotaubp]

@AlainW94 My fault being to keen and not reading properly. Will check other stuff.

[kugiigi]

Does this work while the phone is booted normally or in recovery/bootloader mode?
Looks cool, has it been merged already?

[AlainW94]

@kugiigi It will work only on recovery, because it need to read or write system data. It is not merged yet, I will do it asap.

[kugiigi]

@AlainW94 It writes? may I know for what?
Anyway, I just thought I can use it for backing up/restoring my MultiROM UT installs
Good luck with this

[AppLee]

@kugiigi Backup AND RESTORE so yes, write

[AlainW94]

@kugiigi Yes it write if you restore a backup ! The backup tool will backup the content of 2 folders : /data/user-data and /data/system-data.
If you open a shell on the recovery, and type

ls /data

And if you can see in there the previouly named folders, then the backup tool will be able to backup this file on your multirom device.

[kugiigi]

Of course, restoring will write data....what a stupid question from me
I'll check this functionality once it's merged in the app.
Thanks.

[Lakotaubp]

@AlainW94 Like this ?
SWAP.img android-data system-data system.img ubuntu.img user-data

[AlainW94]

@Lakotaubp Yes perfect ! what device is this ?

[Lakotaubp]

@AlainW94 OnePlus one

[Lakotaubp]

SWAP.img      lost+found    system.img    user-data
android-data  system-data   ubuntu.img

Bq M10fhd

[Lakotaubp]

Nexus 7

SWAP.img        audio           data            nfc             system-data
adb             backup          drm             property        system.img
android-data    bootchart       local           qcks            tombstones
app             bugreports      lost+found      resource-cache  ubuntu.img
app-asec        cam_socket1     media           security        user
app-lib         cam_socket2     mediadrm        ss              user-data
app-private     dalvik-cache    misc            system

[AlainW94]

@Lakotaubp Many thanks ! it seems that the backup tool will work for at least those devices (Nexus 7, One Plus, Bq M10, Meizu Pro 5)

[Lakotaubp]

@AlainW94 Nexus 5

~ # ls /data
SWAP.img      android-data  system-data   system.img    ubuntu.img    user-data
~ # 

Tried MX4 twice but got device off line message also OP3 no connection but guess that is to be expected at present.

[matteo]

@AlainW94 that is a very awesome functionality for the UT phone! Thank you for your work Alain! I also own a Pro5 so looking forward to use such a useful utility. I feel the day my UT phone will become my daily driver again is always closer and closer, thank to committed Community people as you are