Hey guys. I have been using Sprite Mobile to back up my PIM and I am wondering which app is best for backing up my apps and games. For example, i have installed some games and I want to flash a new rom w/o losing my save game. What app backs up the appdata as well? All I know is that there are plenty of apps that help backup the .apk file but not my save games.
EDIT: Nevermind. I tried titanium backup after a long time again and it seems to to the trick. Not really sure if it restores my apps/games back to ext2 partition though.
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I have moved all the apps I have that let me, to my SD card through the stock systems menu>settings>manage applications>Move to SD options.
I want to flash a new ROM. After flashing the ROM. Will all the data for those apps carry over? Is there anything that needs to be done to get them to work? Or will I boot up with the new ROM and go to app drawer and all the apps will still be there working just fine?
Also, when people talk about restoring apps, not data, I'm not quite sure how this works......
I have MyBackup Pro/Root version. Is App Data the data that is not supposed to be restored? From my understanding, that is what, for example, keeps the progress I have made in a game. Otherwise I have to start over. (And I JUST fully upgraded my level 10 car in Drag Racing! Ha ha).
Any help would be appreciated. Tried searching but didn't find anything related exactly to this. Well I did find one thread, but the OP fixed and and simply stated he fixed it, not how.
generally when people are talking about restoring user apps+data and not system data, they are referring to Titanium Backup which is the de facto in backup/restore, and there are options when restoring. you never restore system data or system apps, but any user apps+data is ok to restore.
i dont know about anything related to apps on SD. i NEVER use it.
Moving all your apps to the sd card is a waste of time. It will do nothing for you. It will not save your app data. Best to leave them on the phone. Backup your user apps and apps data as Pirateghost suggested with Titanium. Wipe the phone, install your new ROM and use titanium to restore your apps and apps data only. Do not backup or restore any system apps. Unless titanium backup has changed it will not restore apps MOVED to the sd card to the sd card. It will restore them on the phone's memory. That is why I suggest keeping your apps on the phone's internal memory.
Ah. Guess I should not believe the benefits flaunted around all the App 2 SD card things. I think it was that APP2SD App that says it frees up available phone memory when you move apps from phone to SD. Made sense to me..
I guess the phone has some space set aside for it's "RAM"? And no apps will be able to use that as storage space?
I'll move the stuff back then before I do the backup. Also, when I first started with Android and modding it, I bought MyBackup Pro. Does Titanium Backup do something better/different?
Titanium will also backup the app data. Example: game saves.
OK good to know. I'll probably buy that then.
Last question then with TB. When you restore apps with it, will it keep track in market that it's installed? I remember when I restored with MyBackup Pro, those apps were not listed under "My Apps" in market place, and didn't show as "installed" in market place, and therefore would not update. I had to uninstall them and install from market anyway... Does TB take care of things on that end?
the only time I used app 2 SD card is for the memory,sure some apps are like 2+mbs but it helps to move apps 2 Sd card to save from internal memory.. thats all.
I use Titanium back up and I just do a back up here and there.. and I just re flashed a rom and it just restored all my apps again. But also if you have (which im sure you do) Rom manager just do a ROM back up/System back whatever you want to call it. Its always good to do.
GTIVRon said:
OK good to know. I'll probably buy that then.
Last question then with TB. When you restore apps with it, will it keep track in market that it's installed? I remember when I restored with MyBackup Pro, those apps were not listed under "My Apps" in market place, and didn't show as "installed" in market place, and therefore would not update. I had to uninstall them and install from market anyway... Does TB take care of things on that end?
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yes, Tibu takes care of that for you. there is even a 'market doctor' built in that will scan apps and add stuff to market for you
CYRAXDroid said:
the only time I used app 2 SD card is for the memory,sure some apps are like 2+mbs but it helps to move apps 2 Sd card to save from internal memory.. thats all.
I use Titanium back up and I just do a back up here and there.. and I just re flashed a rom and it just restored all my apps again. But also if you have (which im sure you do) Rom manager just do a ROM back up/System back whatever you want to call it. Its always good to do.
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You mean running out of internal storage space? Or was it taking a chunk out of the RAM memory?
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yes, Tibu takes care of that for you. there is even a 'market doctor' built in that will scan apps and add stuff to market for you
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Thanks! I'll definitely buy it now..
Here is the issue. I use Titanium at the moment. I have many apps installed on my phone; so many that I HAVE to use the sd card for quite a few.
Now when I install a new ROM it creates a problem. I can't just use Titanium to install my apps in one batch step since Titanium only installs to the phone by default. I have to select about half. Then move them over to the sd card manually. Then go back and select some more. Then move them to the card. And then do the same with the last remaining apps. This tends to take some time to do and is a real pain.
Is there a backup software that will install everything as it was when it was backed up? If they were originally on the sd card then I want those apps to restore to the card by default. Is there anything like that?
I use Tom tool box pro and I'm pretty sure when you restore it restores everything account info themes all that stuff
In the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro
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Thanks for responding. Restoring account info and especially themes can cause issues jumping between ROMs. Would never do that. But does it restore apps originally on the sd card back on the sd card; or does it install everything on phone? That is all I care to know about.
Not sure what app would do what you want, but I put the word out there with the dev of ROM Cleaner.
His script backs up all your apps, wifi/BT/mail accounts and re-installs them before the first boot is even initiated. It also deletes unwanted apps/widgets that come with most sense ROMs. The great thing is if you dont want to delete all the apps and widgets that his script deletes, you can make it to where it won't. its very customizable in that aspect. Edit: You have to run a separate script to restore the wifi/BT/mail accounts, which you obviously don't need to if you don't want.
Check out his thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050283
Patraics is a nice guy and VERY quick to respond to any questions you may have. I posted the question not even 5 minutes ago and already got a response saying that he will look into it.
EDIT: Because of his scripts, i don't even use TB anymore. His way is easier and less time consuming.
I'll have to look into it. I like Titanium backup with everything it does. But I don't know why it is so difficult for it to restore aps to the same location where they backed them up from. Going to send a suggestion to TB too.
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I'll have to look into it. I like Titanium backup with everything it does. But I don't know why it is so difficult for it to restore aps to the same location where they backed them up from. Going to send a suggestion to TB too.
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TB does have some useful features, like freezing and uninstalling system apps. But realistically, if you arent going to use those system apps anyways, you can just have ROM Cleaner delete them before they even get the chance to be fully installed.
On the other hand, TB also does things that as flashaholics, we don't want it to do, like backup app data that can mess up a fresh flash. which is why I don't use it.
Although it does suck having to start angry birds from the beginning every time I find a new daily driver.... lol
Just an FYI though, IF you do decide to go ahead with ROM Cleaner, when it backs up your apps, it doesnt compress them or anything like that, it puts them all in a folder and then just leaves them there, leaving you to do the clean up, if you don't want those back ups to be there anymore.
Try my backup root
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Try my backup root
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Why? Does it do what I asked?
My Backup Pro
For backing up apps I have found My Backup Pro to be very simple. Will backup all apps & media and or data. Also had freeze, unfreeze, wipe cache and wipe data capabilities. Curious why storing all apps on system instead of S.D. card at all? Will take up all of your storage space on system and slow your system down. Also if connecting to desktop only have access to S.D. card so that also limits your accessibility to your apps.
Tbo haven't have an issue of apps not going to SD with titanium backup. Exp, my xda app is on the SD and when I restore its back to SD. Dunno how but ill look and see
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Here is the issue. I use Titanium at the moment. I have many apps installed on my phone; so many that I HAVE to use the sd card for quite a few.
Now when I install a new ROM it creates a problem. I can't just use Titanium to install my apps in one batch step since Titanium only installs to the phone by default. I have to select about half. Then move them over to the sd card manually. Then go back and select some more. Then move them to the card. And then do the same with the last remaining apps. This tends to take some time to do and is a real pain.
Is there a backup software that will install everything as it was when it was backed up? If they were originally on the sd card then I want those apps to restore to the card by default. Is there anything like that?
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Titanium does what you ask. You just need to adjust your settings. Go to preferences>restoration location and chose "original location" instead of the default setting that allows titanium to choose.
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Titanium does what you ask. You just need to adjust your settings. Go to preferences>restoration location and chose "original location" instead of the default setting that allows titanium to choose.
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That makes me feel so much like a NOOB. I have mentioned this in a few places on XDA and other forums. I have yet to have one person mention that there was a setting in the preferences. I swear it was not there the last time I looked but that was.....well quite some time ago. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. Noticed that there were many other new selections in there too. I guess I had the better backup software all along.
Is it possible to only backup specific folders with Titanium Backup? For example, I'd like to backup only the game saves of a particular app, rather than all of the external data since its a difference of 60KB of the game save vs 3+GB of all external data in this particular apps case.
Thanks!
I have a Spiderman Unlimited game on my Moto G (2nd gen) that had about 600MB + of game data, and I thought backing it up using Titanium Backup Pro would save that data (I backed it up onto my SD card), but now that I've restored the backup, only the basic game is present and I'll have to re-download the additional data all over again. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?
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I have a Spiderman Unlimited game on my Moto G (2nd gen) that had about 600MB + of game data, and I thought backing it up using Titanium Backup Pro would save that data (I backed it up onto my SD card), but now that I've restored the backup, only the basic game is present and I'll have to re-download the additional data all over again. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?
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You see, apart from normal app data, other additional large data are stored in /mnt/obb or /*memory_card_path*/Android/obb
Titanium may not backup these files. (I'm not sure though)
So backup them manually.
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You see, apart from normal app data, other additional large data are stored in /mnt/obb or /*memory_card_path*/Android/obb
Titanium may not backup these files. (I'm not sure though)
So backup them manually.
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Thanks for your reply. My SD card data is still intact. Is there some way to manually move my game data to the game's installation folder in order to avoid downloading it all over again?
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Thanks for your reply. My SD card data is still intact. Is there some way to manually move my game data to the game's installation folder in order to avoid downloading it all over again?
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The game data is stored in /data/data/com.something.game_name folder. ( You have to find it)
The large files as I said will be stored in /mnt/obb or /sdcard_location/Android/obb
So, if you have the game data perfectly with folders inside like cache, databases and all, you can place it inside /data/data/com.something.game_folder and it will work.
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The game data is stored in /data/data/com.something.game_name folder. ( You have to find it)
The large files as I said will be stored in /mnt/obb or /sdcard_location/Android/obb
So, if you have the game data perfectly with folders inside like cache, databases and all, you can place it inside /data/data/com.something.game_folder and it will work.
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Thanks I'll check it out.
Also, to save me the trouble in the future, I went to Titanium Backup Settings and enabled "Backup app external data". That should do it, right?
Another doubt I had is: How do I save my home screen layout (i.e positioning of app icons, etc.) using Titanium backup?
The game is giving me issues, and it says that I have too many Google Play Games Accounts linked to the game. Does backing up and restoring apps from Titanium backup usually give issues or is it perfectly safe? I don't want it to cause any unnecessary tangles and knots on my phone...
I've been using Titanium Backup for weeks and it's an amazing app so far. Today I want back-up my new game called The Alchemist Code. It ran normally but after the back-up finished I realized that the backup size is too small compared the game (app+data) size. The game is about 2GB (I checked it in file management) while the backup is only 30MB. My other games have backups with sizes similar to the games themselves, so I assumed Titanium Backup doesn't fully backup The Alchemist Code.
I tried to check the game size through Titanium backup and indeed, it showed that the game is only 30MB, so maybe Titanium Backup only backed up what it recognized.
What should I do now? Did I do the backup wrong?