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[Torsten Sachse <torsten.sachse@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, John McAleely wrote:

> You need to use ubuntu-device-flash from a ppa, as advised here:
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/602035/how-do-i-use-ubuntu-device-flash-with-the-bq-aquaris-e4-5-and-aquaris-e5
>
> [...]
>
> If you're feeling cautious, you could also use fastboot to flash or boot
> the recovery with adb enabled, and then use that access to do whatever
> maintenance/backup you want to do to the filesystem, eg:
>
> fastboot boot recovery recovery-krillin.img

This command did not work for me, however flashing the linked recovery worked
(although I had to explicitly specify the device ID, despite the fact that there
was only a single device connected) and I can now access and back-up all the
data in the home directory of my phone. Thank you very much. I will also use the
command provided in the above link to flash a working image once the back-up
finished.

Just one more question: where can I find the original recovery so that not
everybody with ADB on their computer has access to all the data on my phone? I
know that this means that such access is still possible after the fastboot-step,
but the more steps needed to access the data the better, IMHO.

Cheers,
Torsten