on my 4th ROM now, comfortable with the process...but i'm still not super clear on the best way to backup.
i use titanium backup, and i have it set to batch twice a week, i go in and manually nandroid backup once a week or so, and i figured out that if i do a backup in LauncherPro (my favorite launcher) that i don't have to re-do all my screens again, just the clock widget. i also backup my bookmarks in Dolphin.
something tells me i have a bunch of unnecessary steps. can you guys streamline my process? or am i failing to understand how to use titanium (i suspect this is the case)?
appreciate any advice.
Sounds pretty good. Are you also copying off your backups to a PC or network share? That's important in case you lose your phone. Set Titanium to backup to Dropbox and do that periodically.
hmmm no i have not been backing up to PC. should i just copy the entire SD card to PC periodically? i did figure out the trick to get TIBU to synch with my dropbox without having to pay for it, though.
Nandroid backups are useless if you are swapping between ROMs, as they are pretty much a snapshot of your entire phone at the time that you create it. If you just want a complete backup of everything exactly the way it is, then this is all you need to do.
For most other purposes, Titanium Backup is all that you will need to use, it WILL backup the layout of your screen when it creates the backup for LauncherPro, so that's a wasted step. It also gives you quite granular control over how your applications are restored (and which ones). One thing to take note of is that things like SMSs and call logs may not be compatible when swapping between certain ROMs and restoring with titanium backup. To get around this, use a dedicated SMS backup utility from the market (there are plenty of free ones) since it saves the SMS and call log in a different format.
When swapping from something like gingerbread to ICS (for example), you may find that some applications WILL NOT work if you try to restore them. There really isn't any way that you can get around this, and it isn't the fault of any of your backup methods.
Also, its probably worth the five or so dollars to buy Titanium Backup, assuming you want to get the most out of your phone. There are a lot of pro only features that are quite powerful.
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hmmm no i have not been backing up to PC. should i just copy the entire SD card to PC periodically? i did figure out the trick to get TIBU to synch with my dropbox without having to pay for it, though.
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I'd just copy the nandroid backup directory to your PC periodically. The only downside is that the file is pretty big. No need to copy anything else to your PC as long as your syncing Titanium to Dropbox.
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Yes! I've just gotten off the oncall rotation stint so I can mess with my phone again without getting worried but not receiving calls. I'm on Infused 1.6, bigtime disappointed about no GB love from ATT so I'm going to try S7.
However, I have a ton of paid and free apps and setups installed that I really don't want to lose. I've gotten through a ton of threads but there weren't any hard mention that the apps would stick around. I have religiously backed up using Titanium and even copied the files to my PC for safe keeping.
Q1. I presume I would have to reinstall all apps on S7 as my Froyo-based backups will be useless then?
Q1. If I need to fallback to Infused 1.6, can I just use GTG Ultimate Unbrick, get back to stock rooted and use the Ti backup files to get me back to the previous state? Like Ghost? And I'll get my widgets, unlocker, folder organizer, themes e.g. back ?
Thanks a bunch.
If u like the set up you have already , just go into Recovery. Back/Nandroid and your safe at any point to just return to the set up that you had. with your apps and contacts and what not.
you CAN use Titanium to restore to your New GB Rom just do not Restore System Data. Only restore missing apps and data.
other that you should be good bruh, Good luck.
Thanks. I've done my nandroid backup and have verified I can go into red CWM. I didn't realize but glad to know I can use my Tibu to restore my apps. I presume I will still need to manually re-setup any customization, unlocker, folder apps e.g. I was all set to do it this morning at work except I forgot my outlook-synced contacts and calendar will need to be re-entered so I'll hold off until I backed them up at home.
Just to be doubly sure, are my paid and free apps in the form that I can manually just copy to my PC as a backup and be able to copy back and install them? Much like the setup or install exes and folders on Windows? Some of my apps I've purchased from Amz, some from Mkt and others from brainapp.
Titanium will Bring over all your apps. Again, just DO NO restore SYSTEM data.
and as far as your pad apps, they should ALL be linked to your google account. so at any point just go into market, hit settings, My Apps and u can find them all in there.
Now that people have had the device for a few days, I was hoping their to headstart could help potential switchers and as the SR doesn't have it's own forum yet so I'm asking here.
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I am wondering how easy it will be to move from the Gs2 to the skyrocket? Basically any recommended ways of moving my apps, texts, pictures, etc to the SdCARD and back from the SdCard to the new phone? Contacts are synced with Google Contacts so no problems there, my main concern is with paid apps, I'd rather not pay for them again.
Can I back up apps via TiBU and restore them on the Skyrocket? Or can I just reinstall them on the new phone?
End of Newbie question!!!!
Paid apps are in your google account as well, you will be able to reinstall all your paid apps through the market (without repaying) by just signing in to your same google account.
The only thing you need to backup is your pictures/music.
Here's what I did to migrate to my Skyrocket from my Captivate:
*Duh Alert* Have your original phone rooted and Titanium Pro installed.
Original Phone
1. Backup APK & Data with Titanium.
2. Locate where backup directory is on your phone. Mine was \sdcard\TitaniumBackup
3. Mount original phone and copy backup directory to your computer.
New Hotness
1. Root that bad boy. Search the site, its here.
2. Install Titanium Pro from market.
3. Back up 1 app, pick something silly. That will create the backup directory.
4. Mount the new hotness and copy your saved directory from your computer to the Skyrocket.
5. Restore apps. I did one at a time cuz I didn't want everything installed on the new phone.
95% of the apps and data restored properly.
Simplistic, yes....but it works. Go forth and multiply.
If you want the smoothest experience on your Skyrocket, do NOT use a backup tool to bring over apps, just reinstall them from the Market.
Copying apps and app date with a tool like Titanium does and WILL cause some issues.
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If you want the smoothest experience on your Skyrocket, do NOT use a backup tool to bring over apps, just reinstall them from the Market.
Copying apps and app date with a tool like Titanium does and WILL cause some issues.
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To partially agree with you I tried using MyBackUp Pro and almost everything failed. That's what I deserve for buying that one first back in the day. BUT....Titanium worked great. All of my paid apps were as good as gold.
Plus, if you want your saved data, wouldn't you have to use a backup tool?
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To partially agree with you I tried using MyBackUp Pro and almost everything failed. That's what I deserve for buying that one first back in the day. BUT....Titanium worked great. All of my paid apps were as good as gold.
Plus, if you want your saved data, wouldn't you have to use a backup tool?
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If your just trying to backup like game saves then sometimes. A lot of times that data can be backed up by just mounting your sdcard to your computer and copying the files. Some games do save the data in funny locations so you do need (easier) to use something like Titanium, but you are always better off starting from as scratch as possible to avoid issues later.
Moving an app to save you from entering your login info for example, is just a bad idea. Most apps have no real data to backup, simple 2 second settings etc....
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If you want the smoothest experience on your Skyrocket, do NOT use a backup tool to bring over apps, just reinstall them from the Market.
Copying apps and app date with a tool like Titanium does and WILL cause some issues.
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i have found that most issues with TiBu are do to you trying to restore System Information......i used tibu to restore my apps on the Skyrockert. i just picked APPS only with out system data.
worked fine i have not seen a hickup on any device or install after a flash of new Rom.
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i have found that most issues with TiBu are do to you trying to restore System Information......i used tibu to restore my apps on the Skyrockert. i just picked APPS only with out system data.
worked fine i have not seen a hickup on any device or install after a flash of new Rom.
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TiBu works great, usually, for restoring NON-System apps and their data.
Avoid restoring system apps/data.
Also, if you do happen to run into a problem with a particular restored app, all you need to do is uninstall/reinstall it and then use TiBu to restore the "data only" for that app.
This has always worked for me.
y?
Its basically the same phone, screen tiny bit bigger and it edges r round, and the. 3 faster CPU is not noticeable, and if u don't live in the handful of citys that have lte network what's the point by the time LTE gets fully activated skyrocket will be old phone something way better out, now if u didn't have the gs2 already if say hell ya but since u do wasted money IMO
I have set a schedule for "redo backups for modified data" but it seems like it will ALWAYS redo backups for all the apps which sort of defeats the purpose. This is supposed to redo backup for those apps where some settings or progress have been changed right? Am I experiencing a bug or what?
I mean I could do a complete backup all over again and immediately do a redo and yet it will do it for every app.
I am running CM10.1 on nexus S and have the latest titanium version.
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I have the same problem. Really strange. It backup all on that option but after that on my cloud sync it only sync the changed data.
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I have the same problem. Really strange. It backup all on that option but after that on my cloud sync it only sync the changed data.
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Are you sure about the cloud sync part? Because i see its always over 100mb for me when i hadn't even touched more than half the apps installed. Obviously it won't upload the apks again with modified data but i believe it uploads save state data for all the apps. And the cloud sync is actually my problem because the actual backup takes no time at all. I want to keep a daily schedule but i feel that's stressing my phone far too much as i have modest wifi speed here and it sure takes its time to upload 100mb data. Not to mention the titanium upload seems to take even longer than it should.
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Ok you could be right. Don't really know how it works.... But maybe synchronisation with another app like folder sync would be better. Need to try.
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Ok you could be right. Don't really know how it works.... But maybe synchronisation with another app like folder sync would be better. Need to try.
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Yes there is a great app for this. I will give it a try as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync&hl=en
I played a bit with TitaniumBackup and sync.
I figured out that if you use "redo backups for modified data" and after that another time. It only checks and backup nothing. That means it should be work as it called. :good:
And with syncing it seems to work fine with other apps instead of TitaniumBackup. Like FolderSync or TitaniumMediaSync. It only backup changed Data. I prefer TitaniumMediaSync, it's easy to use. But you can only sync with Dropbox or some ftp. No other Cloud
I was trying to figure this out too...but when I ran it a few times, it seemed to complete very quickly. If you check the date/time on the backups, you'll see that it's just checking, in most cases, and not actually backing up.
I also expected that the number to the right of the option in the list of batch actions was a dynamic and live number that constantly knew how many apps had modified data...so I was surprised that immediately after a full backup, it still said 100% of the number of items that the full backup had. It's actually just the total number that will be checked for modified data and then backed up if deemed necessary.
Generalizations aside, you would need to more closely compare the percent of data that was written during the modified data backup as compared to the total data of all Titanium Backups to get a perfectly clear picture.
I love to flash new roms and try things out. My question to you, what apps and programs do you use to back up playlists, text messages etc. I have tibu that I use for my apps. I am a landlord and I NEED to save my text messages from a certain tenant....non payment, etc.... I want to flash the new CR8 but I am petrified that I will loose my Texts. I have saved them with tibu as well. How do I restore them once my new rom is up and running?
Thanks in advance
Just to be safe
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I love to flash new roms and try things out. My question to you, what apps and programs do you use to back up playlists, text messages etc. I have tibu that I use for my apps. I am a landlord and I NEED to save my text messages from a certain tenant....non payment, etc.... I want to flash the new CR8 but I am petrified that I will loose my Texts. I have saved them with tibu as well. How do I restore them once my new rom is up and running?
Thanks in advance
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Titanium backup should work fine. But personally, for text messages - I like my backup pro.
I think when you go to 4.3 Roms though, it creates a sub folder of some sort (someone else might be able to explain this better). But I've gotten around it by backing up - then transfering the Titanium or mybackup folder to the external card before flashing a new rom. Then after flashing the new rom, transfer it back.
There's a pretty simple way to protect yourself either way though. Just make a nandroid. If you can't restore your vital text messages - then just nandroid back. Simple!
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Titanium backup should work fine. But personally, for text messages - I like my backup pro.
I think when you go to 4.3 Roms though, it creates a sub folder of some sort (someone else might be able to explain this better). But I've gotten around it by backing up - then transfering the Titanium or mybackup folder to the external card before flashing a new rom. Then after flashing the new rom, transfer it back.
There's a pretty simple way to protect yourself either way though. Just make a nandroid. If you can't restore your vital text messages - then just nandroid back. Simple!
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super backup works great for backing up sms and call logs. very simple to use. best of all it's free. I flashed 4 roms last nite and it's like I didn't flash a thing.
I have paid for the full versions of both Titanium Backup and Helium and both leave a lot to be desired.
Helium doesn't work half the time--restores fail, and it can't back up certain apps. Plus, I keep my backups on Google Drive, and it puts them in an annoyingly-named folder in the root directory of Drive, and it doesn't appear to do diffs (e.g. backup up only changed information and not re-backing up anything if nothing has changed).
Everyone tells me that Titanium Backup is better, but it's so littered with odd options and so poorly-designed UI-wise that I'm never even sure if I have it working right.
The ideal would be a Mac or Linux desktop app where I just hook up my phone (a Note 3 running CM11) and it does a complete, bit-for-bit backup so that if a nightly hoses my system I can just flawlessly roll it back. Something akin to SuperDuper! on the Mac.
what about nandroid backups? isn't that exactly what you are looking for?