If you have root you can do pretty much anything. Fwiw, if you build the Cupcake platform, there is a "backup" command that provides very simple backup/restore when running as root. The source is here:
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/extras.git;a=tree;f=backup On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Unrealshade <sche...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > if i modify my android system and obtain root, is it possible to do > what i want then? > > > On Jul 1, 5:03 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <j...@google.com> wrote: > > This is not possible without modifying the Android system. Such a > > process would require root access in order to either change the > > filesystem permissions or get around them by reading them as root. > > Obtaining root is not possible on retail Android configurations. > > > > Cheers, > > Justin > > Android Team @ Google > > > > On Jun 30, 12:41 pm, Unrealshade <sche...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello Android Developers, > > > > > I wanted to know if it is possible tocopythe raw data of the > > > internal phone storage to the sd-card of the phone (or to some other > > > device, maybe through internet/ usb/ bluetooth connection). Maybe even > > > further, could users then read the raw data, so they can recover what > > > they lost? > > > > > The reason for me to ask this is that i had to wipe my G1 and read > > > about recovering data, but there seems to be no way - not a the moment > > > at least. Furthermore I found that quite a lot of people didn't make a > > > backup of their data (for whatever reason) so they can't access it > > > anymore and have no hope to do so, even in future, which i find pretty > > > sad and frustrating for the user. Probably there will be even more > > > people who want to recover internal phone storage data as Android > > > grows more popular and spreads wider (which i am very sure of). > > > Depending on the possibilities, I possibly will try very hard to write > > > an application or programm (if the device is connected to a computer) > > > to get that data back and eventually maybe even, at least parts of it, > > > readable. > > > > > I _don't_ want to simplycopythe internal storage data, but read > > > _all_ the internal storage content, even if it's not used by Android > > > anymore because the phone has beenwiped, andcopy_that_ so the user > > > may be able to decrypt (if it is encrypted) the data and read his old > > > "erased" data (like contacts, sms, application data, calender data, > > > etc.). > > > > > I don't know how hard it really is, but i know it's not going to be > > > easy and i won't get discouraged by some people who only say "it's > > > impossible" or think that I am not skilled enough to do this. > > > > > So let me hear your rating for the possiblities and tips, opinions, > > > help, maybe there are even some people here who would like to see > > > something like that. > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Unrealshade > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
