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vedg · 03-23-2019, 07:06 AM

So a complete restoration plan could be:

Questions:

When to restore prefix.bin? (complete /dev/mmcblk0 partitioned area prefix)
When to restore localsys.bin?
How to restore /proc/config.gz if not by copying it back? If it can't be restored, why mkbackup.sh backs it up?

03-23-2019, 07:06 AM	#8
vedg Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle Touch with Wi-Fi, ad-supported	So a complete restoration plan could be: Boot into diags mode; restore mainkern.bin and mainsys.bin with dd. Boot into main mode; restore diagkern.bin and diagsys.bin with dd. Questions: When to restore prefix.bin? (complete /dev/mmcblk0 partitioned area prefix) When to restore localsys.bin? How to restore /proc/config.gz if not by copying it back? If it can't be restored, why mkbackup.sh backs it up?