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[Q] What is the best way for me to do a full backup?

What is the best way for me to do a full backup, given that there is no sd card. Does that data stay after a wipe? this is pre root. Previously I would use astro, but I'm not sure of the no sd issue. Guess I can mount and backup to pc.
Any suggestions?
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There is an sd card...just that's its internal. The data stored in the sd card is safe after you flash new rom's after a wipe.
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Thanks.
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The best way to back up your things are to connect it to your computer and simply move whatever you have in your internal SD to your desktop or wherever you'd like to save it to. That way if anything should go wrong you have it on your computer

rborg said:
What is the best way for me to do a full backup, given that there is no sd card. Does that data stay after a wipe? this is pre root. Previously I would use astro, but I'm not sure of the no sd issue. Guess I can mount and backup to pc.
Any suggestions?
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You can back it up to the Cloud
if you have Titanium Backup PRO
you have the option to backup to Drop Box
you get a FREE 2GB, when you sign up
which is more than enough, since our internal memory is only 1 GB to backup

He's pre-root, so Tit Pro won't work, as it requires root.
Since he's PRE-ROOT, he will lose everything on the internal sd card if he tries to do the FASTBOOT OEM UNLOCK command to root.
Best thing you can do right now is plug up to USB on the computer, copy all contents to your computer and copy back after rooting/restoring.
The internal sd card is safe from a "factory reset" kind of wipe but NOT SAFE from a bootloader unlock.
AllGamer said:
You can back it up to the Cloud
if you have Titanium Backup PRO
you have the option to backup to Drop Box
you get a FREE 2GB, when you sign up
which is more than enough, since our internal memory is only 1 GB to backup
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yeap, that's the only Drag in the NS rooting method
back in the SGS it was so straight forward, just unroot, and you are done, you don't even need to reboot the phone
much less Format the whole thing, just to get root

Ok, good thing I waited. It's a ***** to export app settings too. Now to pick a good rom.
Thanks for the help.
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OK, copying internal SD contents is easy. But how to make a backup of things from internal storage?

haerwu said:
OK, copying internal SD contents is easy. But how to make a backup of things from internal storage?
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You can't. There's no way.
This is why many of us rooted ASAP, to avoid accumulating data (like Angry Birds progess, LOL) that we would lose once we rooted.
There are apps to backup SMS messages, and your contacts, calendars, etc, should backup to the cloud. All you're going to lose is apps data that isn't saved by the app to the sdcard.

[Q] CW recovery back up related.

When I take back up from ClockWork recovery it does not back up apps and data. Am I right ? or it does ?
Thanks

It does.
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Don't know what wrong am I doing but It refuses to restore with apps
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Don't know what wrong am I doing but It refuses to restore with apps
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Hmm, apps are stored in the data portion of the backup. Where do you install your apps? To SDcard or to the phone's internal storage? If you're not installing them to the internal storage I'm not sure where they would be or whether they're being backed up at all.
If you're not installing them to the SD card, try this. Do your restore then reboot then go back into recovery and do an advanced restore and just do /Data.

[Q] Nexus One to G2X, Transferring Application Data

Has anyone successfully transfered application data from one from to another using Titanium BackUp?
I ran a backup of everything from my Nexus One and then dropped that backup folder onto the SD card in my G2X, but all of the backups aren't showing up when I open Titanium Backup.
Am I trying to do something that isn't supposed to work?
Thanks for any help.

You'll have to change the backup directory that titanium backup looks for, or move the folder you have in the sd card to the internal sd card
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I just got hit with the TWRP can wipe your SD card bug

I decided to install Clean Rom 4.0 Dev edition so I did a quick tibu, then booted into twrp and made a nandroid of my current setup
I then went to install DE clearing caches and /data
I went to install the rom and it wasn't there
the only thing on my SD card was my backup and it was corrupted.
I plugged my phone in and mounted the sd card and my computer said it was unreadable so I had to format it
I love starting over

I had cwm originally and randomly lost files off my sd card or were corrupted after mounting as usb so switched to twrp and have had the same problems with losing random files and corruption of files. So I don't think it's specific to the recovery its something else that's causing it. Wish I new what it was because it's quite annoying. I've resorted to only transfering files via dropbox or lan with es file explorer but it's definitely a pain when transferring a Rom.
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enabling titanium backup sync to dropbox saved my ass.
Titanium backup is the best andriod app I have ever bought, period.

gunnyman said:
enabling titanium backup sync to dropbox saved my ass.
Titanium backup is the best andriod app I have ever bought, period.
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QFT. while I've never had to pull a backup from the cloud I'm glad to have it as an option more than ever seeing as I no longer have an ext SD.
I also started syncing my photos to dropbox every day or so i can't lose those either.

gunnyman said:
enabling titanium backup sync to dropbox saved my ass.
Titanium backup is the best andrios app I have ever bought, period.
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I have it set up as well luckily that's one set files that I have never lost. It's weird there's no rhyme or reason to what gets wiped I've lost pictures data apps that I had saved copies of on my card data from apps. I just don't get it. I wonder if it's actually the internal sd card that's wonky or some way the usb is being handled when mounting.
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regP said:
QFT. while I've never had to pull a backup from the cloud I'm glad to have it as an option more than ever seeing as I no longer have an ext SD.
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Well I don't have to pull it from the cloud since it syncs to my desktop automatically but man it saves you from having to remember to do it.

E.Cadro said:
I have it set up as well luckily that's one set files that I have never lost. It's weird there's no rhyme or reason to what gets wiped I've lost pictures data apps that I had saved copies of on my card data from apps. I just don't get it. I wonder if it's actually the internal sd card that's wonky or some way the usb is being handled when mounting.
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I've wondered the same thing... It might not be recovery related since it happens with both.

That's odd, because I just flashed TWRP 2.1.7 yesterday and I was unable to wipe my SD card. I had to boot into the system and 'Delete Phone Storage' through the settings menu. Nothing would happen when I would try to wipe through TWRP.

afrat said:
That's odd, because I just flashed TWRP 2.1.7 yesterday and I was unable to wipe my SD card. I had to boot into the system and 'Delete Phone Storage' through the settings menu. Nothing would happen when I would try to wipe through TWRP.
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Lol your trying to wipe your sd card can't and ours are being wiped inadvertently
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gunnyman said:
I decided to install Clean Rom 4.0 Dev edition so I did a quick tibu, then booted into twrp and made a nandroid of my current setup
I then went to install DE clearing caches and /data
I went to install the rom and it wasn't there
the only thing on my SD card was my backup and it was corrupted.
I plugged my phone in and mounted the sd card and my computer said it was unreadable so I had to format it
I love starting over
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Go to cnet.com and download Recuva. Then do a deep scan and it will recover the stuff you lost... worked for me
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I had the same problems with my internal storage on HTC Touch Diamond. I lost a lot of files with that phone. With the HTC One X I have only lost a few Pictures that got corrupted, I think it all has to do with continuous flashing ROMs

Ahh, I hate this bug!! I've lost several things and have had tons of pics become corrupted.
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I just lost a few photo's today. First time I've encountered this bug. Guess its time to get dropbox and have it sync my photo's and tibu stuff.

I'm pretty damn paranoid, so I've started doing an SD Card dump right before flashing a ROM using ADB.
$ adb pull /sdcard/
Probably overkill, since I have almost everything important backed up somewhere, but I'd rather take the extra thirty minutes and make sure I don't lose anything permanently.

Only thing I was out was time. I back up my photos to drop box and Google plus.

gunnyman said:
Only thing I was out was time. I back up my photos to drop box and Google plus.
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Makes sense. Drop Box backup is the ****. :good:

Silellak said:
Makes sense. Drop Box backup is the ****. :good:
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indeed it is. I'm going to start putting my nandroids there too

Pumpiron579 said:
I had the same problems with my internal storage on HTC Touch Diamond. I lost a lot of files with that phone. With the HTC One X I have only lost a few Pictures that got corrupted, I think it all has to do with continuous flashing ROMs
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This is also my theory.
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gunnyman said:
indeed it is. I'm going to start putting my nandroids there too
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Is there a way to backup a whole folder with the dropbox phone app? Like... For instance I'd like to upload the entire TWRP folder. I couldn't find a way easily.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Is there a way to backup a whole folder with the dropbox phone app? Like... For instance I'd like to upload the entire TWRP folder. I couldn't find a way easily.
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I just drag them from my phone to my dropbox folder on the computer and it syncs
the downer is there's no way to move a whole folder from dropbox to the phone, from the phone

Trying to remove crapware after root

I rooted with weaksauce and then tried to remove the Verizon bloatware with "no bloat" and a couple of other apps like it. They say the apps uninstalled but then they just get downloaded again.
What did you do to remove or freeze the crapware after root?
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Not gonna work with our current root method but just use Titanium backup for now...
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shojus said:
Not gonna work with our current root method but just use Titanium backup for now...
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How did you get Titanium to write to the card? I keep getting "folder is not writable" when I try to select a backup folder.
Beamed from the holodeck of my Nexus 7 FHD.

hgoldner said:
How did you get Titanium to write to the card? I keep getting "folder is not writable" when I try to select a backup folder.
Beamed from the holodeck of my Nexus 7 FHD.
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Titanium Backup is the first app I downloaded after I rooted and I have had zero problems with it so I'm not sure what the issue is? I am just using the default storage location, have u tried to switch the location or has it just given you problems from the first install?
my backup directory is: /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup

That's what he is saying. .. TB works fine if you use default location (internal storage), but won't write to external sd card as the folder location.
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JasonJoel said:
That's what he is saying. .. TB works fine if you use default location (internal storage), but won't write to external sd card as the folder location.
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My bad! Not sure then... I know that with our root method that we can only write to certain directories but I don't have a need to change mine as of now so I have not tried but I will report back.

I just froze/disabled everything for now. It does the job.

Are we not able to write to system yet?
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David 617 said:
Are we not able to write to system yet?
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Only /system/xbin for now...

Mike02z said:
Only /system/xbin for now...
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Thanks.
I was trying to mod some system apks, but I guess that will have to wait until we get write access.
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shojus said:
Titanium Backup is the first app I downloaded after I rooted and I have had zero problems with it so I'm not sure what the issue is? I am just using the default storage location, have u tried to switch the location or has it just given you problems from the first install?
my backup directory is: /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup
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Thanks, that worked perfectly. With 32g internally, that's plenty of room to use for Titanium (and spare the space on the external sdcard).

hgoldner said:
Thanks, that worked perfectly. With 32g internally, that's plenty of room to use for Titanium (and spare the space on the external sdcard).
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Glad you got it figured out! :good: