File ISO sailfish [answered]
asked 2014-07-14 23:29:57 +0300
Can I use an ISO file sailfish to quickly restore the OS? If so what is the procedure?
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answered 2014-07-15 09:34:37 +0300
The easiest way for me to get back to where I was before factory reset, was to backup the entire home-folder /home/nemo to my computer. If you activate developer-mode and do all steps necessary to be able to login via ssh, then under linux or mac you can use the command-line tool rsync to back everything nicely up.
Example:
rsync -ac nemo@jolla-ipadress:/home/nemo/ somelocalfolder/nemo/
Under Wind*ws you can use WinSCP to transfer files.
This does of course not backup the apps, but they are easily installable anyway from store anyway.
The problem for me, was app data:
Let's say I had 'MeeRun' sportstracker-app installed before factory reset and want to recover settings and training files, I do a search for 'meerun' on my backup:
find somelocalfolder/nemo/ -iname "meerun"
./.config/meerun
./.config/meerun/meerun.conf
./.cache/meerun
./.cache/meerun/meerun
./.MeeRun
./.MeeRun/training20140531_182319.meerun
From this I learn, that meerun's config file has to go to /home/nemo/.config/meerun and that individual training files go to /home/nemo/.MeeRun/
Of course you could use rsync to restore all backed-up files from homefolder back to your device,
rsync -ac somelocalfolder/nemo/ nemo@jolla-ipadress:/home/nemo/
but that might re-introduce the problems and glitches you experienced before factory reset, because many standard settings and data are stored in /home/nemo/.config/
Somewhat tedious, but gets you back to a clean device with your most important apps still having the data they need to work.
answered 2014-07-14 23:43:09 +0300
If you want to restore your OS, just go Settings -> System -> Rest device -> Clear Device
The OS will revert the software back to factory settings.
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Asked: 2014-07-14 23:29:57 +0300
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I reset the device but I had to install all apps with an iso file potre do not have to install it again. the standard procedure of backup did not work and I lost everything
2eu5 ( 2014-07-14 23:49:12 +0300 )edit