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[Q] App backup

So, the best way to backup apps before installing the Froyo update to a previously non-rooted Mesmerize?
App-Brain? I understand that won't necessarily save any data associated with the apps...
I used Titantium for my phone which was running Superclean ROM, with the Voodoo kernel, but now my wife (who didn't want me playing with her phone previously) wants to update to Froyo...

titanium is the best way to do it and preserve the user data.
however, if she really doesn't want her phone rooted (even though the froyo update will void the warranty, and is pre-rooted anyway ) you're stuck using appbrain.
i personally used titanium to back up all my apps and system data, and it worked great.

afritchen said:
So, the best way to backup apps before installing the Froyo update to a previously non-rooted Mesmerize?
App-Brain? I understand that won't necessarily save any data associated with the apps...
I used Titantium for my phone which was running Superclean ROM, with the Voodoo kernel, but now my wife (who didn't want me playing with her phone previously) wants to update to Froyo...
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I used titanium backup, the free version will suffice for backups. You will have to make the backups on your phone, then reinstall Titanium Backup once you boot into froyo, in order to restore your backups again.

bdemartino said:
I used titanium backup, the free version will suffice for backups. You will have to make the backups on your phone, then reinstall Titanium Backup once you boot into froyo, in order to restore your backups again.
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+1 I would get the premium mostly cause you will always use this app. Also, I have a spare sd card, and I make a mirror of the internal sd by just select all> copy> paste into external sd card. Then you have a mirror of what is on the internal card.

I used My Backup when I rooted my phone, saved it to sd, and it worked quite nice. Saved all my messages and was easy to restore. Had the option of saving data and app or just one or the other.

[Q] Some semi-newbish questions

Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help

shahp said:
Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help
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i have paid Titanium backup, so i know on that you can change the location where the backup is used.
i bought root explorer and titanium back up in november 2010, and have used it on 3 different phones since. i too hate paying for software that i think may not work, but i have used these programs beyond their value, and was 200% satisfied with my purchase. dont hesistate, just buy them. once you root, these programs are priceless. i use root explorer for more than just root stuff, i dont use astro, or even the stock CM file explorer root explorer is just fine and even works without root (will work like astro).
there is an app called app admin that works to remove bloat. i find root explorer easier as it kinda identifys what certain programs are by icon, where app admin you need to know what it is before deleting. app admin tho you can check off multiple apps and delete them all at the same time, where root explorer is one by one, and you will need to do a battery pull after a removing certain apps such as wifi calling, so you may need more than one battery pull, where with app admin it should only make you do one battery pull.
so i say buy the 2 apps you mentioned, it cant hurt and as long as you are willing to stay with android, the value is priceless

shahp said:
Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
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You can change the backup location of TB in the preferences menu. Just look for "Backup folder location"
shahp said:
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help
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You could try using file expert, they now have a root setting in the settings menu, tho I have yet to get it to copy many files over at once without it crashing or stalling. Other then that, you could learn the ADB commands to do the same thing.

I use Super Manager. Its free. It'd look better without the weird color scheme but it works fine as a root explorer and lets you read/write to the system folder.
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McFroger3 said:
You can change the backup location of TB in the preferences menu. Just look for "Backup folder location"
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Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.

shahp said:
Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
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Titanium allows you to restore your apps across different ROM's and even different phones. CWM can only restore entire ROM's and is only really useful if a newly installed ROM or kernel cause a problem and you need to restore an old one through recovery. Titanium is an invaluable program and I recommended you purchase the paid version.

shahp said:
Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
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TB is only for apps+data, while Nandroid does a backup of the entire system.
Also with nandroids it creates .img files so you would not be able to get apps back and use on different roms like the previous poster. If you wish to start fresh, just delete current directory and point to the new one on the external SD card.

[Q] Extreme noob very frustrated, please help.

So before I go into detail, I would like to apologize in advance if this question/problem is some where on this site. I have looked all over and I couldn't find anything or I just missed it, also if I'm posting in the wrong section.
A couple days ago I bought a Tmobile Mytouch 4g that was rooted and running 2.3.4. I have rooted a few phones before so I figured getting a non-rooted phone (another MT4G) I would be able to root no problem. Now to my question/problem. I downgraded the phone to 2.2.1 (after 3 days of working at it) I was also able to temp root with VISIONary and then permroot, which all went fine as well.... I used Titanium backup to back up all apps+data on my other phone to transfer to my new phone but when I go into Titanium backup none of my backed up apps are there...? Has anyone had this problem or something similar? I tried clearing the data, uninstalling, reinstalling... Now on my other MT4G (rooted and running 2.3.4) I used titanium backup and it worked just fine all my apps were there, so I'm wondering if I need to upgrade from 2.2.1 to 2.3.4 in order to see my backed up apps in Titanium backup? Also, if someone could give me a link to a good guide for noobs for upgrading from 2.2.1 to 2.3.4, that would be awesome! Like I said, I am an extreme noob so any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Titanium backup
You can open your files in sd card find titanium backup folder and open it.you can find your backup there extract it using an app.

shyamjptpm said:
You can open your files in sd card find titanium backup folder and open it.you can find your backup there extract it using an app.
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Actually, I can't do that because when I go to my MT4G and go into /sdcard/TitaniumBackup, there are absolutely NO backups in there! But on my old device when I go into /sdcard/TitaniumBackup ALL of my back ups are there. So I'm not sure why they aren't transferring over to my MT4G!

when you are working with your old device ? You can see the backup file rite? Copy it to storage and open the titanium backup folder on mt4g copy the backup file to that folder...try
Xperian8~ click thanks if it helps...

Moving content to a new android phone.

Moving from s2 to the s3 and was wondering whats the procedure for moving all my stuff over to the new phone?
I know I can sync my contacts. I can also sync the apps I bought/downloaded i presume?
Regarding sd cards, the one Im using at the moment is giving me a lot of problems so I'm getting a new one for the s3. Do i have to copy over all the contents from the old card to the new one, and if I don't, what affect will that have on apps etc?
I've titanium pro so do I have to back up anything on that for instance before moving phones?
Kinda confused over what I need to move over as the s2 was my first android.
Thanks.

If using titanium to backup just insert new card into old phone backup then put new card with backups in new phone and using batch option if you have pro version move all apps and data to new phone.
Ps only move user apps. Not system it might screw things up
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zolaisugly said:
If using titanium to backup just insert new card into old phone backup then put new card with backups in new phone and using batch option if you have pro version move all apps and data to new phone.
Ps only move user apps. Not system it might screw things up
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ok, so backup with new sd card on s2, then on the s3 just move just the user apps over?
Sounds easy enough.

Or backup everything with Titanium/myBakcup or whatever then upload it dropbox. But Google syncs your contacts and apps. And SD card - connect phone to PC and mount as disk drive then copy the WHOLE SD to your computer then when you get the new SD put the contents on it! Hope I helped

Just so I'm 100% clear on this:
1. Google will sync "all" my apps onto my new phone? So The 60+ apps will all be downloaded onto S3 once I set sync up?
What about any data associated with each app? Like game data etc? How will I get that info relocated into each app?
2. I copy the content from my current sd card onto computer and then copy it onto new sd card when I've it in the phone?
Thanks.

yeah, im a bit confused about the google-app-restoring, because i did some wipes (for custom roms) and my phone didnt restore anything (it was enabled in settings). is the unofficial android 4 the reason for that?

Can anyone else confirm that this is the best way to get data from one sd card onto another??

If u backup your apps using astro you can restore them and it will also restore the data
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idreesn said:
If u backup your apps using astro you can restore them and it will also restore the data
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Ok, I'm just going to do it now as I have Astro already installed.
So I backup on my current sd card?
Then how do I get the data onto my sd card?
Also doesn't some apps only work if they are installed on the phone memory and not the external sd card? How do I go about sorting that out?
Thanks for help.

chicoelnino said:
Just so I'm 100% clear on this:
1. Google will sync "all" my apps onto my new phone? So The 60+ apps will all be downloaded onto S3 once I set sync up?
What about any data associated with each app? Like game data etc? How will I get that info relocated into each app?
2. I copy the content from my current sd card onto computer and then copy it onto new sd card when I've it in the phone?
Thanks.
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The main problem with using Google to restore your apps is that it generally screws up at some point. I usually have issues because I go ahead and get on WIFI while it's syncing because all the apps that I have would take forever on 3G. Unfortunately the switch over to WIFI does it in and at some point the sync fails and it won't try and autoload your apps beyond the first time you set up the phone.
Never tried Astro for backups so I can't say how that works, but TiBu is absolute gold when moving between phones and Roms. The only thing I like even better is using Nandroids, but that only works for certain instances and won't help in the case of switching devices.

chicoelnino said:
Moving from s2 to the s3 and was wondering whats the procedure for moving all my stuff over to the new phone?
I know I can sync my contacts. I can also sync the apps I bought/downloaded i presume?
Regarding sd cards, the one Im using at the moment is giving me a lot of problems so I'm getting a new one for the s3. Do i have to copy over all the contents from the old card to the new one, and if I don't, what affect will that have on apps etc?
I've titanium pro so do I have to back up anything on that for instance before moving phones?
Kinda confused over what I need to move over as the s2 was my first android.
Thanks.
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As you said, you can backup all the data in your old device then restore to your new one! I know that Moborobo has the backup and restore feature. I used it to make the transfer. Hope it can help you!

I've rooted both my S2 and S4.
I've used Titanium to back up my S2 apps on to my Micro SD and put it in the S4.
When I run Titanium on the S4, it can't detect my backups from the S2.
Am I doing something wrong?

Restore Titanium Backup through dropbox

I uploaded my apps to dropbox because my current Nexus S broke. When I got the new one I could not restore my apps. I rooted the new phone and installed TB and DB and did this:
With Titanium Backup 3.6.4 (or above):
If your backup folder is empty, then with you can simply switch to the Schedules tab and hit the “RUN” button in the “Sync to Dropbox / Box.net / Google Drive” section to download all backups from Dropbox / Box.net / Google Drive back onto your phone.
The downloaded files show up in TB, but when I go to run all missing apps with data it says 0.
Sorry for the stupid question but I already did the searches and other than this I came up empty handed.

Just move the TitaniumBackup folder to SD. Wouldn't that be faster? Maybe something got corrupt from DB to TB.

jayjay3333 said:
Just move the TitaniumBackup folder to SD. Wouldn't that be faster? Maybe something got corrupt from DB to TB.
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Did that too.

DUCKSHOTIN said:
Did that too.
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Your backup may have been corrupted if moving to SD didn't work.

So I downloaded a few apps and tried it all over again but with less apps. Same problem. I'm doing something wrong or not the right way.
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I think something must have been corrupted, because i have done the same thing repeatedly and never had any problems. I just copy the TB folder from the sd card to a new location and point TB at it. I have done this from my evo, to my nook color, to my wifes epic touch with no problems. Since i dont ever save system apps i dont worry about restoring incompatible files. Only app that ever has a problem is Swype keyboard. I have to download that one new every time...

Yeah, but everytime I do it with a new set of apps it still doesn't work.
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So I learned I have to set the preferences in TB and tell it where the backup file is. Anyone else know what else I might not be doing?
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