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  1. silvae86 revised this gist Mar 8, 2017. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    #ls -l /dev/block/platform/<block_device_name>/by-name/

    #for the Galaxy Note 3
    #ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/
    ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/

    #for Galaxy Note 3, handles 4GB Limit on SD Card by splitting the backup into 2000MB Parts.

  2. silvae86 revised this gist Mar 8, 2017. 1 changed file with 9 additions and 0 deletions.
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    #!/sbin/sh

    #open adb shell
    adb shell

    #listing partitions (general command for Android devices)
    #ls -l /dev/block/platform/<block_device_name>/by-name/

    #for the Galaxy Note 3
    #ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/

    #for Galaxy Note 3, handles 4GB Limit on SD Card by splitting the backup into 2000MB Parts.

    #backup
  3. silvae86 revised this gist Feb 27, 2017. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    #!/sbin/sh

    #for Galaxy Note 3
    #for Galaxy Note 3, handles 4GB Limit on SD Card by splitting the backup into 2000MB Parts.

    #backup
    dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot | gzip -c | split -b 2000m - /external_sd/backup_dd/boot.gz.
  4. silvae86 created this gist Feb 27, 2017.
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    #!/sbin/sh

    #for Galaxy Note 3

    #backup
    dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot | gzip -c | split -b 2000m - /external_sd/backup_dd/boot.gz.
    dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata | gzip -c | split -b 2000m - /external_sd/backup_dd/userdata.gz.
    dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system | gzip -c | split -b 2000m - /external_sd/backup_dd/system.gz.

    #restore
    cat /external_sd/backup_dd/boot.gz* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot
    cat /external_sd/backup_dd/userdata.gz* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
    cat /external_sd/backup_dd/system.gz* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system