If anyone has problems with fastboot or clockworkmod recovery one can use the flash_image and dump_image commands to backup and restore partitions.
These commands are currently not built in the Micromax A70 so you'll need to download the binaries attached as flash_image.zip and dump_image.zip. Also you'll need to download Android Terminal Emulator(or adb or a similar app) from the market.
Oh and one more thing your phone should be rooted for this procedure to work
1. Extract the zip files attached with this post to the sd card root.(You can probably extract it elsewhere but then the commands below should be changed accordingly)
2. Open Android Terminal Emulator(or adb or a similar app) in the phone.
3. First Of All type
in the Android Terminal Emulator(or adb or a similar app) to get superuser privileges or permissions
4. Now type the following code to dump or backup a partition.
For example the code to dump the recovery partition in sd card root is :
5. Similarly to flash or restore a partition, type the following code :
For example the code to flash the recovery partition in with a file named recovery.img located in sd card root is :
Note(s):
1. If you encounter out of memory or a similar error, just restart the phone and it'll work
2. Personally i don't recommend these commands to flash anything other than recovery and data partition, as the phone may be operating on files at that instant.
These commands are currently not built in the Micromax A70 so you'll need to download the binaries attached as flash_image.zip and dump_image.zip. Also you'll need to download Android Terminal Emulator(or adb or a similar app) from the market.
Oh and one more thing your phone should be rooted for this procedure to work
1. Extract the zip files attached with this post to the sd card root.(You can probably extract it elsewhere but then the commands below should be changed accordingly)
2. Open Android Terminal Emulator(or adb or a similar app) in the phone.
3. First Of All type
Code:
su
4. Now type the following code to dump or backup a partition.
Code:
mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard
cd /sdcard
./dump_image <partition> <location of file to be dumped>
For example the code to dump the recovery partition in sd card root is :
Code:
mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard
cd /sdcard
./dump_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
5. Similarly to flash or restore a partition, type the following code :
Code:
mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard
cd /sdcard
./flash_image <partition> <location of file to be flashed>
For example the code to flash the recovery partition in with a file named recovery.img located in sd card root is :
Code:
mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard
cd /sdcard
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Note(s):
1. If you encounter out of memory or a similar error, just restart the phone and it'll work
2. Personally i don't recommend these commands to flash anything other than recovery and data partition, as the phone may be operating on files at that instant.