Notes about upgrade from CyanogenMod 7.0 to 7.2

Not completed…

I decided to upgrade my “old” CyanogenMod 7.0 on my HTC Desire to the latest and “greatest” 7.2 version.

The steps how to do the upgrade were mentioned on the CyanogenMod WiKi and I don’t want to repeat them here.

What is important for me is the part about “Wipe data/factory reset”. This is recommended to do it before updating and it’s also mentioned on the wiki page.

You can use many tools to backup/restore your data like SMS, Call Log, application’s settings and other data.

But I prefer to do it myself using command line (adb)…

Backup part executed on your linux machine

MY_BACKUP_PATH=/var/tmp/android_backup
test -d $MY_BACKUP_PATH || mkdir $MY_BACKUP_PATH

Backup MMS/SMS data:

adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db 'select * from sms' > $MY_BACKUP_PATH/sms

Backup System WiFi Settings:

adb pull /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf $MY_BACKUP_PATH

Backup Call log:

adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts*.db 'select * from calls' > $MY_BACKUP_PATH/calls

Backup browser settings:

adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db 'select * from bookmarks' > $MY_BACKUP_PATH/bookmarks

Backup some apps settings:

adb pull /data/data/cgeo.geocaching/shared_prefs/cgeo.geocaching_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender/shared_prefs/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/shared_prefs/SettingsActivity.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/databases/mytracks.db $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/ru.org.amip.ClockSync/shared_prefs/ru.org.amip.ClockSync_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/menion.android.locus.pro/shared_prefs/menion.android.locus.pro_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/eu.inmite.apps.smsjizdenka/databases/smsjizdenka.db $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.prey/shared_prefs/com.prey_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.newsrob/shared_prefs/com.newsrob_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.androidlost/shared_prefs/c2dmPref.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH
adb pull /data/data/com.android.keepass/shared_prefs/com.android.keepass_preferences.xml $MY_BACKUP_PATH

Restore part + some additional configurations

Configure dropbear (ssh) on the phone:

adb remount
adb push /home/pruzicka/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /sdcard/authorized_keys
adb shell

mkdir -p /data/dropbear/.ssh/

cp /sdcard/authorized_keys /data/dropbear/.ssh/

chmod 755 /data/dropbear
chmod 700 /data/dropbear/.ssh
chmod 600 /data/dropbear/.ssh/authorized_keys

dropbearkey -t rsa -f /data/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
dropbearkey -t dss -f /data/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key

#echo "export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin:/system/xbin/bb:/data/local/bin" >>/data/dropbear/.profile

cat >> /etc/init.local.rc << EOF

# start Dropbear (ssh server) service on boot
service sshd /system/xbin/dropbear -s
   user  root
   group root
   oneshot
EOF

rm /system/app/RomManager.apk

Set the default backup directory:

MY_BACKUP_PATH=/var/tmp/android_backup

Restore System WiFi Settings:

adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/wpa_supplicant.conf /data/misc/wifi/
adb shell chown wifi:wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

Restore Call log:

adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/calls /sdcard/
adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts*.db '.import /sdcard/calls calls'

Restore some apps settings:

adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/cgeo.geocaching/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/cgeo.geocaching_preferences.xml /data/data/cgeo.geocaching/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender/{shared_prefs,databases}
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender_preferences.xml /data/data/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/freesmssender /data/data/cz.vojtisek.freesmssender/databases/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/{shared_prefs,databases}
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/SettingsActivity.xml /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/mytracks.db /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/databases/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/ru.org.amip.ClockSync/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/ru.org.amip.ClockSync_preferences.xml /data/data/ru.org.amip.ClockSync/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/menion.android.locus.pro/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/menion.android.locus.pro_preferences.xml /data/data/menion.android.locus.pro/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/eu.inmite.apps.smsjizdenka/databases/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/smsjizdenka.db /data/data/eu.inmite.apps.smsjizdenka/databases/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/com.prey/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/com.prey_preferences.xml /data/data/com.prey/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/com.newsrob/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/com.newsrob_preferences.xml /data/data/com.newsrob/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/com.androidlost/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/c2dmPref.xml /data/data/com.androidlost/shared_prefs/
adb shell mkdir -p /data/data/com.android.keepass/shared_prefs/
adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/com.android.keepass_preferences.xml /data/data/com.android.keepass/shared_prefs/

Install the applications S2E, My Tracks, Free SMS Sender, c:geo and the others…

Fix all permissions and reboot:

adb shell fix_permissions
# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # Single quotes intentional - $APP expands on Android device, not locally
adb shell 'for APP in CarHomeGoogle.apk Email.apk GenieWidget.apk RomManager.apk Stk.apk Talk.apk; do rm -f /system/app/$APP; done'

adb reboot

Maybe you are asking why not to just copy the “.db” files (like it’s mentioned on most of the other pages).

-> the reason is, because the structure of the sqlite db changed between CM versions and that’s the reason why simple copy of the .db files is not working.

Restore SMS data:

adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/sms /sdcard/
adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db '.import /sdcard/sms sms'

Restore browser settings:

adb push $MY_BACKUP_PATH/bookmarks /sdcard/
adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db '.import /sdcard/bookmarks bookmarks'