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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.
I understand that the internal sd card mounts here:
mnt/emmc
but the problem is i cant get something things to work i believe because of it.
eg... i cant take a picture with the camera because it finds that there is no storage.
i cant get Titanium backup to work. I understand i can change the backup location, but when i go to do so, the app force closes on me.
any ideas on what i can do?
Regards,
I've never been able to get Titanium Backup to "see" the internal SD card (emmc), so I just set it to backup to my external, real SD card.
yes but i cant even get to that point, because it FCs as soon as i want to change backup location
GameOver69 said:
yes but i cant even get to that point, because it FCs as soon as i want to change backup location
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Go into recovery and then go to fix permissions
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Suprah said:
Go into recovery and then go to fix permissions
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Same issue after i fixed the permissions. I have the latest version of TB installed from the market as well FYI
GameOver69 said:
Same issue after i fixed the permissions. I have the latest version of TB installed from the market as well FYI
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Try moving your Titanium folder over to the corect path. In other words put the folder back in the path mnt/sd and out of mnt/emmc/. It will go to the phones external partition instead of the actual external sd card that you put in.
Then put your settings in titanium back to the way they were origanally
When I rooted my Xoom and backed it up through CWM I did not realize/forgot that the backup was not on my actual SD card and was on my internal storage so obviously when I installed the new Tiamat 2.0 ROM I lost my original backup. I was hoping someone had a copy or a zip or something that I could just install through CWM and then make my own backup again. My Xoom originally was running US 3G Verizon 3.1 HMJ37. Does anyone know where a copy is to a link with just one file for me to install like the Tiamat 2.0 ROM. I am hoping this is something easy to solve without having to unroot my Xoom make a backup and then root again. Can anyone help???
Htimez2 said:
When I rooted my Xoom and backed it up through CWM I did not realize/forgot that the backup was not on my actual SD card and was on my internal storage so obviously when I installed the new Tiamat 2.0 ROM I lost my original backup. I was hoping someone had a copy or a zip or something that I could just install through CWM and then make my own backup again. My Xoom originally was running US 3G Verizon 3.1 HMJ37. Does anyone know where a copy is to a link with just one file for me to install like the Tiamat 2.0 ROM. I am hoping this is something easy to solve without having to unroot my Xoom make a backup and then root again. Can anyone help???
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I would recommend just grabbing the stock images from my sticky. Link is in my sig. Fastboot flash them, then make a backup.
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Did OTA update to ICS on stock B90, then rooted with vipermod. Root is confirmed. Now I'm looking to backup installed apps and user data using the Asus App Backup app. Everything sets up fine, password entered. 21 apps + data selected, file named, etc. Get message that it will take about 10 minutes to complete. Pathnames are correct, folders are present, permissions seem ok. Runs for about 10 seconds, comes back with " 0 Successful " and 21 failed. Red x's by all selected apps. Any ideas?
Ultimate goal is to backup apps and data, then do a factory reset to clear cache and data from HC, maybe even do a stock recovery to ICS then set everything back up. Trying to see if this will clear up any of the annoyances that came with ICS update.
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Yeaah.....
Well I don't really have a solution but i'm certainly experiencing the same trouble u have I Did OTA update to ICS on stock, then rooted with vipermod number 1 option on the vipermod. Root is confirmed. Im trying to restore a previous backup I did and no luck error message is "Failed to restore.please try again"
I just ran a backup of 10 apps to test it on Revolver 4.0.0 Beta 1.31 ICS. Worked perfectly for me.
You can try going to Settings - Apps - App Backup - Force Close then Clear Data
Then try running the backup again.
Just for reference it's worked great for me twice on rooted ICS (stock) from rooted HC (stock). Good luck.
Where are you storing the backup, internal SD or external (microSD)? Encountered this one before until I found out that there wasn't enough space in the microSD. Suggest try to back up first on the internal SD and copy it later when it's successful. On ICS, I had done two backup and restore and all went well.
hapahopi said:
Where are you storing the backup, internal SD or external (microSD)? Encountered this one before until I found out that there wasn't enough space in the microSD. Suggest try to back up first on the internal SD and copy it later when it's successful. On ICS, I had done two backup and restore and all went well.
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Backup path is set to internal, with a copy going to external microSD. MicroSD is 32GB and hardly anything on it, so room shouldn't be a problem. Might try without creating a copy file, and sending it over manually.
Tried that and failed again. So it would seem that it just doesn't like writing the apps and data. When I look in the Asus/App_Backup directory, it creates folders for all the apps, but then doesn't write anything to the folders. Interesting.
dr_korb said:
Backup path is set to internal, with a copy going to external microSD. MicroSD is 32GB and hardly anything on it, so room shouldn't be a problem. Might try without creating a copy file, and sending it over manually.
Tried that and failed again. So it would seem that it just doesn't like writing the apps and data. When I look in the Asus/App_Backup directory, it creates folders for all the apps, but then doesn't write anything to the folders. Interesting.
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Are you trying to write data from a honeycomb backup onto ics? That's not going to work and even if it did would hose your ics.......
asusback up app
I have these problem.I checked 1app anddata backup it saidfailed.went to filemanager and found Asus backup and twas there with the correct date .copied and moved to SD card and pasted it worked. Try 1 app then use file manager to see if it is on your internal drive
tweaked said:
Are you trying to write data from a honeycomb backup onto ics? That's not going to work and even if it did would hose your ics.......
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No....trying to create backup of apps after ICS update so I can do factory reset. I actually went ahead and did the factory reset last night, and got everything back from Amazon and Google markets, not too painful, but still would like to know what's up with the backup utility.
dr_korb said:
No....trying to create backup of apps after ICS update so I can do factory reset. I actually went ahead and did the factory reset last night, and got everything back from Amazon and Google markets, not too painful, but still would like to know what's up with the backup utility.
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Ahhh ok. Yeah don't no, I don't use the Asus bloatware.
well I fix my problem. Flashing Revolver 4 by Gnufabio | 4.0.0 Beta 1.3.1 then restored all app with no problem at all.
How?
jsgogeta said:
well I fix my problem. Flashing Revolver 4 by Gnufabio | 4.0.0 Beta 1.3.1 then restored all app with no problem at all.
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How? Do you mean that you fixed it BY flashing Revolver 4, or that you fixed it first, then flashed, then restored?
I'm on a B90, so not really looking for flashing ROMS right now, as nvflash doesn't work.
dr_korb said:
How? Do you mean that you fixed it BY flashing Revolver 4, or that you fixed it first, then flashed, then restored?
I'm on a B90, so not really looking for flashing ROMS right now, as nvflash doesn't work.
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I change from stock ICS to custom rom and the app works in the custom rom.
Asus backup
i used asus app backup today before i went back to stock ics to receive 4/24 ota since voodoo root keeper didnt work .now i have a stock tablet and tried to restore data from sd, microsd and it said unable to open file. any help?? or where could i copy and paste the backup to?? also used ultimate backup pro and it wont restore anything because it says not rooted.dont want to root just yet. but if i have to does anyone have the way to root the new stock rom?
Thanks
I have he same on Transformer TF300
I do new backup, and then restore -only error "Unable to open backup file"
The same with all old backups
Everytime I make a backup in CWM it disappears. I back up and then try new rom and when I got Quickboot loaded again, I go look and restore says no files found. Not even when I look with root explorer they are gone...please help!! TIA!!
moonsbabe said:
Everytime I make a backup in CWM it disappears. I back up and then try new rom and when I got Quickboot loaded again, I go look and restore says no files found. Not even when I look with root explorer they are gone...please help!! TIA!!
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Check in /mnt/sdcard/0 for your CWM folder.
mentose457 said:
Check in /mnt/sdcard/0 for your CWM folder.
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And how do I find them in CWM? When I go into recovery it says no files found. Would I be better off flashing TWRP? And by the way they are there!!!
moonsbabe said:
And how do I find them in CWM? When I go into recovery it says no files found. Would I be better off flashing TWRP? And by the way they are there!!!
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In Root Explorer (or whatever root explorer you use) you can simply copy the CWM folder from /mnt/sdcard/0 to mnt/sdcard. After moving all the data you wish to keep from the 0 folder to the sdcard folder you could delete the 0 folder.
what is /0? I found the files but don't know what this means? I am still such a noob after all these years!
moonsbabe said:
what is /0? I found the files but don't know what this means? I am still such a noob after all these years!
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That is the 0 folder in your sdcard folder. It is created when you flash a 4.2 ROM.
mentose457 said:
That is the 0 folder in your sdcard folder. It is created when you flash a 4.2 ROM.
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Sorry I go to bed early and go to work early. I still don't find a folder with /0. I can go into mnt/sdcard and clockwork is in there. But doesn't show at all in recovery. Am about to give up! Driving me crazy~~
Still not showing restore files in recovery. I can do a backup and can see it as a restore but after a while (less than a day) it is gone. So tired of this. Still wondering if TWRP would be better?????????
moonsbabe said:
Still not showing restore files in recovery. I can do a backup and can see it as a restore but after a while (less than a day) it is gone. So tired of this. Still wondering if TWRP would be better?????????
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Have you tried the "restore from SD card option in CWM to see if your backups are there?
Harley_Rider said:
Have you tried the "restore from SD card option in CWM to see if your backups are there?
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Nothing there. Tells me 'no files found'. I would love to restore to the last one cuz my battery sucks right now. What about CWM from the market? Could downloading that help???? Thinking out loud here!!!
Ok I did a backup to the external sd card and found it. Then went into root manager and copied one of the backups that I couldn't access and moved it into the new backup folder on the external sd card. Renamed it to just the date like the new one....in other words took the word 'copy' out of the name. And I got to restore to my previous back up!!!!!! Yes Yes Yes!!!! Thanks for ya'll's help!! I guess I had to get mad to figure it out with help!!! Thanks again!!!!
Now flash twrp and see if you have the same problems.
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I think I will leave it the way it is for right now. And I found the /0 when I had phone connected to puter. I was getting rid of roms on the sd that I didn't like and was searching around on the internal sd and found it. Thank you so very much for your help! I will probably flash twrp next weekend. I really need my phone for work! So I only try to brick it on the weekends!