I have been flashing ROMS every seince I got my Thunderbolt Rooted... I've been on several diff versions of BAMF, with almost every new kernel as they came out.
I have nandroids every time I flashed a new ROM
When I moved from 1.3 to 1.4, I guess I missed backing up my SMS/MMS because I didn't have any SMS stored when I booted 1.4
Being lazy I didn't go back right away to 1.3 backup then restore 1.4 and restore the Titanium backup.
Now I've been running 1.4 for a while, and am getting ready to flash 1.5. I'm trying to figure out if there is anyway to backup the SMS from the 1.3 Nandroid image (by restoring 1st) and merge it with the Titanium backup SMS from 1..4 as I restore on 1.5
Any1 have any Ideas? Maybe there is an app that syncs SMS between phones and I can treat 1.3 and 1.4 like 2 different phones and sync both?
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Hi,
I have a rooted Droid phone. Trying different ROMs. I have Titanium Backup pro version and RomManager paid version. I had backed up all my apps and settings with Titanium Backup and then flashed with Cyanogen 6.1 RC4. Everything works great except that some apps and system data will not be restored into this new ROM. Most are no biggie but I hate to keep entering email settings (7 accounts).
My guess is that there are 2 versions of the email system app, one for the stock and one that Cyanogen uses. Anyone know a way to restore these settings with Titanium Backup?
never mind. The CM 6RC4's email app has a lot more bells and whistles than the stock and I can't imagine they'd be compatible anyways. Worth re-entering them one more time.
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Is it possible to use Titanium backup to do a total full backup?
So I can wipe it all, experiment with other roms, then if I decide to go back to the current one (Android Revolution HD), I just run super wipe, run the rom, then the no-sense, then run the backup with titanium backup, and will it be as it is now? All my apps still installed, all my apps arranged into folders in the app drawer and all my messages and all that?
Thanks.
willhub said:
Hi
Is it possible to use Titanium backup to do a total full backup?
So I can wipe it all, experiment with other roms, then if I decide to go back to the current one (Android Revolution HD), I just run super wipe, run the rom, then the no-sense, then run the backup with titanium backup, and will it be as it is now? All my apps still installed, all my apps arranged into folders in the app drawer and all my messages and all that?
Thanks.
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its easier with cwm because you would`nt have to flash the rom again and install titanium backup again cwm will put everything back the way it was
Sounds like a nandroid backup is what you really want to do. You can do that in recovery under backup/restore. It will take an entire image of your current ROM. Then you can experiment with other ROMs and go back to the backup you made and everything will be exactly as you left it. Backing up and restoring system data in Titanium Backup is not really a good idea between ROMs. Use it mainly for backing up user apps/data.
I booted into CM7 and did a backup there, the backup is like 871mb, does that include apps and everything I want backing up?
What about backing up text messages and home screen configs? I have ran restores on titanium before and seem to only sometimes get this restored. I flashed a rom 2 days ago and just today randomly, my text messages came back... weird...
Titanium backup is ****ty. Used it once to back up and restore my apps, but during restore it screwed up app data and half my restored apps were force closing when I tried to run them. I would find something else if I were you
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I booted into CM7 and did a backup there, the backup is like 871mb, does that include apps and everything I want backing up?
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not CM7 - its CWM
Anyway, a nandroid is what you are referring to and as it seems what you have done.
My last nandroid was over 1.2 GB
Experiment all you like now with various ROMs.You have your security net of a known working backup..(if the **** hits the fan)
Okay so I put the 2.2.X Infused rom onto my sister's infuse. She came from bone stock so I had to follow the instructions to convert to ext4. But she neglected to tell me she didn't backup her contacts through google so now she has no contacts at all.
So my question is, if I make a backup of the new rom, then restore the backup I made from the stock rom, backup the contacts, then restored back to the new Infused rom, will there be any problems from going back to the stock rom, then back to the gingerbread infused rom?
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Simpler solution that saved my contacts many a times, esp when moving between android builds, between phones, and what not:
1. Install GoContacts or GoContactsEx (free from market)
2. Export contacts (you can upload this to dropbox too for safekeeping)
3. Install any ROM of your choice
4. Install GoContacts or GoContactsEx
5. Import contacts
By the way, if you backup GoContacts app in TiBu and restore it, it restores contacts too.
When switching between ROMs, I was doing CWM/data and some Tibu restores. But I found out yesterday that I could use Tibu to read a Nandroid backup set and pull the necessary app out for a restore. For e.g. tTorrent is not available for dl for our ICS rom but I used Tibu to pull the app out of my old GB backup. Perfect!
Hopefully, this will save some of you precious time if you have been hopping roms!
Tibu /more/extract from nandroid backup/choose backup set/choose app
Hi all,
Unlocked and installed CM10 ROM on my Desire S yesterday,all went well and its great having Jelly Bean on my phone. Few bugs here and there but nothing too serious. My problem is restoring my old text messages to the device. Before the installed i backed up my messages from within the Desire S stock messaging app. This created a folder on my SD Card with a file in it,after i unlocked my phone i was able to restore the messages from within the stock app.
After installing the CM10 ROM i cant restore from within the messaging app preinstalled or from any program(SMS Backup etc) in the app store. I take it the HTC stock messaging app can only restore the backup file it made. So is there any work around or are messages gone for good.
Thanks in advance.
You could restore the stock rom, flash SuperSu or superuser to get root access, and backup your messages with titanium backup (preferably xml), then restore cm10 backup and restore messages with titanium backup.
Quite time-consuming, but you would have your messages again.
Or maybe you could extract them straight out of the nandroid backup with titanium backup, but i don't know if that's possible.
A better bet - although it still involves restoring your old ROM - would be to use SMS Backup & Restore. I paid for the full version as I have it set to automatically backup all my text messages at 2am every day, sync the backup with my Dropbox account and keep 3 days of backups.
Yeah thought I'd have to install the old ROM bit of a pain,should of backed them up with a proper app first. Didn't backup the stock ROM take it I can find it somewhere if I decide to go that route..
New to all this,still getting my head around all the terminology. Live and learn. Thanks.
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