I am curious to know what other people do to restore apps and associated data. Do you go to market and download all from "my apps" or do you restore from an app backup? Or is there a better way? Can you help a noob out?
Thanks
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titanium backup pro. i wouldnt have it any other way
Titanium backup pro...
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So you just restore app+data? That's what I did, just wasn't sure if there was a better way. And a big thank you, I love your ROM.
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Basically that will do it.
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geologistguy said:
So you just restore app+data? That's what I did, just wasn't sure if there was a better way. And a big thank you, I love your ROM.
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thank you.
yes, just restore missing apps+data. thats all i do.
Sometimes restoring data will cause issues when you flash new roms and the apps might now work properly. I always just flash Apps and then take like 10 minutes to set all the apps up again to be safe after every flash.
tejasgadhia said:
Sometimes restoring data will cause issues when you flash new roms and the apps might now work properly. I always just flash Apps and then take like 10 minutes to set all the apps up again to be safe after every flash.
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restoring MISSING apps and data has NEVER been a problem with me. you dont even want to know how many devices i have transferred my TiBu folder to, and restoring MISSING apps and data has not caused ONE issue, as long as I didnt go crazy and NOT go through and verify i wasnt restoring something Touchwiz related on my Sense ROM, or AOSP on my Touchwiz...etc.
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restoring MISSING apps and data has NEVER been a problem with me. you dont even want to know how many devices i have transferred my TiBu folder to, and restoring MISSING apps and data has not caused ONE issue, as long as I didnt go crazy and NOT go through and verify i wasnt restoring something Touchwiz related on my Sense ROM, or AOSP on my Touchwiz...etc.
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Well I am just glad to know that I am not doing something that will mess up my ROM. I was nervous enough flashing the first time.
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I agree TIBU restore apps and app data and be done. Only a few times the app data isn't restored when going from sense, touchwiz to a CM based rom but never had other issues. Flash rom the. Restore apps and data fro. TIBU pro and walk away whole it restores.
I don't bother backing up anything besides my contacts. I restore those first, connect my necessary accounts, and change whatever settings I need/want changed. Then I reinstall my apps.
Well, I agree 100% with Zel and Pirateghost there....Titanium Backup and later restore missing apps and data. As good practice, usually make nandroid back ups just in case.
The first time you flash a new rom is inevitable to sweat as a pig thinking that you will have to go back to your Motorla V3 is something goes wrong....
I don't flash as often as I used to so I use a newly flashed Rom to only reinstall the apps I actually use often. If not ill have a bunch of them I just downloaded and I'm not gonna use.
Plus reinstalling the apps myself and not titanium gives me a fresh Rom feeling lol, yea I'm weird.
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I use very few apps myself, anyway, so it only takes a few minutes to set back up after a reflash. Most of those apps, I keep pretty close to default regardless. I run pretty minimal, so it's almost more trouble to take the time to keep everything backed up and organized for my devices than it is to just reinstall the apps each time I flash.
The posts here have given me a bit more to think about as far as TIBU, though, so I might take a deeper look into it soon!
Personally after flashing a rom I cook a slab of Bacon then shower. I then tibu my apps and launcher settings. You can imagine how much grease I take in while we are testing a new rom before release.
I got your 10 char right here
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cwhitney24 said:
Personally after flashing a rom I cook a slab of Bacon then shower. I then tibu my apps and launcher settings. You can imagine how much grease I take in while we are testing a new rom before release.
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Thank you Bacon-Pope, your comments are (as usual) greasy, crispy, and delicious. Remember Turkey Bacon is neither turkey nor bacon.
after flashing
first thing I do after flashing is check WiFi phone mobile data camera then worry any apps. but I do use titanium backup and never had a problem. maybe I'm the weird one?
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geologistguy said:
I am curious to know what other people do to restore apps and associated data. Do you go to market and download all from "my apps" or do you restore from an app backup? Or is there a better way? Can you help a noob out?
Thanks
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Titanium backup pro is the only app I will use to backup/restore.
ROM Toolbox Pro has EVERYTHING you'll ever need as a root user, all packaged in one epic app.
http://db.tt/ROEU49gs
Enjoy^_^
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I've flashed three ROM's so I'm self proclaiming that I'm no longer a newbie.
But I do have a newbie question.
After I flash a ROM I always have to go to market and redownload Titanium Back up (with Root) so I can re install my apps and user data (texts, email, game data, etc) is that right?
Is there something else I should do first before that?
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Benjamin1966 said:
I've flashed three ROM's so I'm self proclaiming that I'm no longer a newbie.
But I do have a newbie question.
After I flash a ROM I always have to go to market and redownload Titanium Back up (with Root) so I can re install my apps and user data (texts, email, game data, etc) is that right?
Is there something else I should do first before that?
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Just don't install any system data and your good to go
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That's about all there is to do... Titanium is the first thing I restore after a clean ROM install. Then restore your downloaded apps and data.
I have installed cm10 for my Skyrocket from official ICS update. I can not get my contacts which I backed up using titanium backup without screwing up the entire system requiring me to reset it. I suppose it is because it is not in the same format as ICS. Has anyone had this problem and can help me?
Nobody can help you here. Go to the skyrocket forums
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I have installed cm10 for my Skyrocket from official ICS update. I can not get my contacts which I backed up using titanium backup without screwing up the entire system requiring me to reset it. I suppose it is because it is not in the same format as ICS. Has anyone had this problem and can help me?
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Have Google backup your contacts prior to installing cm10. When you try to restore your contacts with tibu are you restoring anything else? Tibu doesn't always work very well and I don't have it restore anything when flashing different roms.
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I had some similar challenges and jd's advice (above) was helpful.
Question: are you using the basic contacts in the stock system or an app?
When I went through this I found that restoring wholesale with Titanium was NOT the right way to go.
As mentioned above, if you are using stock then you should mostly just restore manually - through Google backup or Play, after flashing the new ROM. There isnt much you need to restore through Titanium. I used it to restore my launcher with its configuration and my email/contacts/calendar, which were not being managed by stock/google. But thats it.
Hello
Do a fair bit of flashing/re-flashing of roms. Having to reconfigure all app settings, restoring text messages is a bit of a pain/slight annoyance
Could I just reflash a new rom (i always do a wipe beforehand) and then just restore the data partition from recovery? Or is it better to restore from titanium etc?
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Hello
Do a fair bit of flashing/re-flashing of roms. Having to reconfigure all app settings, restoring text messages is a bit of a pain/slight annoyance
Could I just reflash a new rom (i always do a wipe beforehand) and then just restore the data partition from recovery? Or is it better to restore from titanium etc?
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I'm not sure if that would be stable unless it was restored to the same Rom/version. I'd stick with titanium. But from experience it's iffy at best working correctly
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You can use nandroid manager if you don't like titanium but yeah restoring data is like you didn't even wipe it in the first place. It may work AOSP>AOSP and Sense>Sense but AOSP>Sense and vice versa likely won't work at all or you'll have ridiculous fc's.
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I highly recommend Titanium. It's super fast and easy to restore everything once you get used to it. I'd be much more hesitant to flash ROMs frequently without it. You should also consider dropping the six bucks for the paid version to support the developers of the app. It's more than worth it - one of the top 5 apps any rooted user should have.
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Titanium ftw.
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I'm with all the above, use Titanium for restoring apps and app data.
Restoring the data partition is almost sure to result in random and severe bugs (unless the new ROM is very similar to the previous). As said, its like not wiping (factory reset) at all.
Ok so im a long time rooter but first time rom installer on my main device, every time i have installed a custom rom it has never been on a main device so backups were never an issue...i want a custom rom on my samsung gs3 4g cus im sick of touchwiz, just wanted to know, if i do a full nandroid backup, will that be a full backup likr itunes does with a restore from backup? Like all my apps, settings, etc etc will be in the same place as before? I need to have a security blanket and make sure all my stuff is safe
Yes, it is. Everything would be back up. When you reflash it again, everything would be the way it was. But I advise you to backup one in internal and the other at external. Happened before where my nandroid backup failed and I have to use an earlier, older back up.
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