Recent content by alecxs

windows cannot handle unix permissions. you should unpack data to any ext4 formatted drive if you need to restore on phone later. easiest way to do it on windows pc is download "UNetbootin" and create a bootable usb-stick. boot from this without installing. then use linux' "gparted" (careful!)...

stock android recovery extracted files can be restored with nandroid custom recovery, if you simply repack them into tar archive. i put this two command lines in a dirty shell script (extract + repack as tar). thanks to ektoric figuring out his gunzip method! forum rules reject download links...