#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Restore user apps, app data and permissions onto a freshly flashed, rooted phone. Sources (from the backup folder): apks//*.apk APK + splits rooted-fresh/dumpsys-package.txt installer, granted runtime permissions rooted-fresh/packages-3.txt which packages are user apps rooted-fresh/packages-disabled.txt frozen/disabled state rooted/apps-manifest.json special app-ops (overlay, all-files, ...) /data/, /user_de/0/ unpacked data-fresh.tar The device comes from ANDROID_SERIAL, as for adb. Usage: restore.py BACKUP_DIR WORK_DIR [--data-only] [pkg ...] (no pkgs = all user apps) --data-only only put the data back (apps already installed and updated): keeps the current APK, installer, permissions and frozen state. Never re-run a full restore over updated apps. Every action and its result is appended to WORK_DIR/restore.log. """ import json import re import shlex import subprocess import sys import time from pathlib import Path SKIP = {"com.topjohnwu.magisk"} # installed fresh, its data must not be reused # Dropped on restore: regenerated by the app, and the bulk of most backups. VOLATILE = ["cache", "code_cache", "app_webview/Default/Cache", "app_webview/Default/Code Cache"] backup, work = Path(sys.argv[1]), Path(sys.argv[2]) data_only = "--data-only" in sys.argv[3:] only = set(sys.argv[3:]) - {"--data-only"} log_file = (work / "restore.log").open("a") def log(msg: str) -> None: line = f"{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')} {msg}" print(line, flush=True) log_file.write(line + "\n") log_file.flush() def adb(*args: str, timeout: int = 300, stdin=None) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess: return subprocess.run(["adb", *args], capture_output=True, text=stdin is None, timeout=timeout, stdin=stdin) def su(cmd: str, timeout: int = 300) -> str: r = adb("shell", f"su -c {shlex.quote(cmd)}", timeout=timeout) return (r.stdout + r.stderr).strip() def parse_dumpsys(text: str) -> dict: """installer + granted runtime permissions per package.""" out = {} for block in re.split(r"\n Package \[", text)[1:]: name = block.split("]", 1)[0] installer = re.search(r"\n installerPackageName=(\S+)", block) runtime = block.split("runtime permissions:", 1) perms = re.findall(r"\n ([\w.]+): granted=true", runtime[1]) if len(runtime) > 1 else [] out[name] = {"installer": installer.group(1) if installer else None, "perms": sorted(set(perms))} return out fresh = backup / "rooted-fresh" meta = parse_dumpsys((fresh / "dumpsys-package.txt").read_text(errors="replace")) manifest = json.loads((backup / "rooted/apps-manifest.json").read_text())["apps"] user_pkgs = sorted(set(re.findall(r"=([\w.]+)\s+installer=", (fresh / "packages-3.txt").read_text())) - SKIP) disabled = set(re.findall(r"package:([\w.]+)", (fresh / "packages-disabled.txt").read_text())) targets = [p for p in user_pkgs if not only or p in only] log(f"=== restore start: {len(targets)} packages") # Pass 1: install every APK set, so installers like Obtainium exist before pass 2 names them. for pkg in [] if data_only else targets: apks = sorted(str(p) for p in (backup / "apks" / pkg).glob("*.apk")) if not apks: log(f"{pkg}: NO APK, skipped") continue # --bypass-low-target-sdk-block: Android 14+ refuses targetSdk < 24 (Automagic workarounds). r = subprocess.run(["adb", "install-multiple", "-r", "-d", "-g", "--bypass-low-target-sdk-block", *apks], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=900) log(f"{pkg}: install {'OK' if 'Success' in r.stdout else 'FAILED ' + (r.stdout + r.stderr).strip()[-200:]}") installed = set(re.findall(r"package:([\w.]+)", adb("shell", "pm list packages").stdout)) # Pass 2: data, ownership, SELinux labels, installer, permissions, disabled state. for pkg in targets: if pkg not in installed: continue info = meta.get(pkg, {}) su(f"am force-stop {pkg}") uid = su(f"stat -c %u /data/data/{pkg}") if not uid.isdigit(): log(f"{pkg}: no data dir after install ({uid}), data skipped") continue cache_gid = int(uid) - 10000 + 20000 # u0_aNNN_cache members = [m for m in (f"data/{pkg}", f"user_de/0/{pkg}") if (work / m).is_dir()] if members: for m in members: su(f"find /data/{m} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name lib -exec rm -rf {{}} +") excludes = [f"--exclude={m}/{v}" for m in members for v in VOLATILE] tar = subprocess.Popen(["tar", "-cf", "-", "-C", str(work), *excludes, *members], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) r = adb("exec-in", "su -c 'tar -xf - -C /data'", stdin=tar.stdout, timeout=1800) tar.wait() # exec-in returns once our side is sent; the phone's tar may still be writing. su("while pgrep -x tar >/dev/null; do sleep 0.3; done", timeout=600) for m in members: su(f"chown -R {uid}:{uid} /data/{m}; " f"for d in cache code_cache; do mkdir -p /data/{m}/$d; chown {uid}:{cache_gid} /data/{m}/$d; " # restorecon gives only app_data_file:s0; the per-app MLS categories that # installd put on the top directory must be copied onto its contents. f"chmod 2771 /data/{m}/$d; done; chcon -hR \"$(stat -c %C /data/{m})\" /data/{m}", timeout=900) wrong = su(f"find {' '.join('/data/' + m for m in members)} ! -user {uid} | wc -l") log(f"{pkg}: data {'+'.join(members)} rc={r.returncode} uid={uid} wrong_owner={wrong}") else: log(f"{pkg}: no data in backup") if data_only: continue inst = info.get("installer") if inst and inst != "null" and inst in installed | {"com.android.vending"}: log(f"{pkg}: installer {inst} -> {su(f'pm set-installer {pkg} {inst}') or 'OK'}") # -g granted everything at install; revoke what was not granted before. wanted = set(info.get("perms", [])) now = re.findall(r"\n\s+([\w.]+): granted=true", su(f"dumpsys package {pkg} | sed -n '/runtime permissions:/,$p'")) revoked = [p for p in set(now) - wanted] for p in revoked: su(f"pm revoke {pkg} {p}") for p in wanted - set(now): su(f"pm grant {pkg} {p}") ops = manifest.get(pkg, {}).get("specialAppOps", {}) for op, mode in ops.items(): su(f"appops set {pkg} {op} {mode}") log(f"{pkg}: perms granted={len(wanted)} revoked={len(revoked)} appops={','.join(ops) or '-'}") if pkg in disabled: log(f"{pkg}: disable-user -> {su(f'pm disable-user --user 0 {pkg}')}") log("=== restore done")