18 Aug: EFS auto backup script (for devs)

[Guest Paul]

I have now seen a number of cases of the EFS partition getting wiped / corrupted on the SGS II, leaving users with an effectively useless phone.

With this in mind, i've written a little init.d script for my ROM which backs up the EFS partition on boot if a backup does not already exist. A non intrusive safety net for users if you will. :)

The script just needs a suitable boot image that runs init.d, although it could easily be tacked onto the end of install-recovery.sh if that's not the case.

I'd love to encourage all developers to use this script for users' sake!

You can download the script here - http://cl.ly/2j0p0R3F07052m2T2u0e - but it's very simple, here's the code...

#!/system/bin/sh

# EFS auto backup script for Samsung Galaxy S II

# By @paulobrien - http://s2.MoDaCo.com


mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 /sdcard


if [ ! -f /sdcard/efs.autobackup.img ];

then

        dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.autobackup.img

fi


umount /sdcard[/code]

:)


Note the manual mount / umount of sdcard is necessary because this happens late in the boot process.


Cheers!


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[Guest clivec]

As a matter of interest Paul, if it became necessary to restore the efs partition, how do you go about doing it? Is it as described here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085374

Or would it be different as yours is a .img file?

I've had a bit of a google about, found your thread on the xda devs site, but still no answer about restoring the image. Fastboot maybe?

Sorry if it's a noob question but i'm still learning about these things ;)

[Guest Paul]

You'd 'dd' the image back.

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[Guest clivec]

You'd 'dd' the image back.

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Ah! Cool, so i'm assuming then that the phone would still be in some sort of bootable state then after corruption. Probably just sim and radio related issues i suppose.

Cheers. Good to know :)

[Guest Paul]

Ah! Cool, so i'm assuming then that the phone would still be in some sort of bootable state then after corruption. Probably just sim and radio related issues i suppose.

Cheers. Good to know :)

Correct! :)

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