Ok, finally took the plunge and went to Team EOS 2.0.0 from stock.
I had previously made a Titanium Backup of everything, using the standard settings for External Data which is to back up if below 32mb in size....
After Flashing and restoring apps, the only issue I had was with Zen Pinball HD....
The ROM Flash used the EOS Touch recovery so didn't wipe Internal Storage and so the Zen Pinball Files (The purchased Tables) were left in place.
However, when launcing Zen Pinball, it only had the included table. Although it allowed me to download new copies of the tables I had bought (whew), I wondered if anyone had seen this before and if there is a way to prevent it next time I do ROM flashing.
Other apps with a lot of External Data (Shadowgun, NFS Pursuit etc) with is over 32mb in size and therefore would not have been included in the Titanium Backup worked fine and didn;t need to be re-loaded.
I guess I can always increase the External Data setting in Titanium to be alrger than the sub of my tables and see if that works, but anyone have a better suggestion ?
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Is there a good and preferably free application to backup an image of my SD that has the CM7 installation. It took a LONG time to create and download applications and books. I prefer not to do it again.
I just tried Acronis backup and it did backup and restore the boot partition. The problem is that there are three others created when you first boot on the Nook and these partitions are not marked active and they are not seen by Acronis or any other by the android applications since there is no other place to put user data that I know of. I assume these are used by the applications on Nook since the internal storage is not being used or at least I cannot find out where things like downloaded applications and books are placed.
Therefore, have I lost all of my data?
Have I lost my CM7 install
Can the now single boot partition that uses the whole card be used to do a new install and will it be used for user data storage after that?
I went out and bought a 16GB class 10 microSD card to put into my HTC Incredible, mostly for the speed increase over the slow 4G card I used to have in this phone.
Realizing I had a lot of space to play with, I started moving apps (that could move) to the SD card.
I am running CM7 nighties, but I believe this question is for anyone using app2sd.
The problem I ran into was my backups are incomplete. In a situation where all the apps are in /data/app, something like nandroid or doing a backup from Rom Manager or directly from Clockworkmod gets everything. So you can literally backup and get back to EXACTLY the same state you were in when you backed up.
However, when you have apps on the sd card, this backup/restore no longer works 100%, since the process does not backup the sd card apps or the settings/pointer to the sd card apps.
It's fairly easy to recreate this problem:
1. install CM7 or any ROM/kernel with app2sd support
2. move some app (doesn't matter which) to the sd card
3. create a backup
Now when you restore this backup, the app you installed in step 2. will be gone. At least when I've done it. I thought what was happening to me was the "auto restore" feature was wiping my settings and reverting to some old backup from my time running the stock sense ROM, but I think in reality what happened was:
- the restore "worked" in the sense that it restored /system, /data, etc
- however, my launcher app (launchpad pro) was on the sd card, so I booted into a half-broken ADW launcher home screen with my old ADW settings I had abandoned a while ago
- apps I had installed to the sd card didn't show up, so I had to reinstall them to the sd card or install to internal memory then move them to the sd card
So my question is - how can I do a proper FULL backup while using app2sd? I want the same behavior where I can simply create a backup and be able to restore it to get back to the identical state I was in when I created the backup. Are there any backup apps out there that know about the app2sd /mnt/asec that can back it up properly so this will work?
If there's no way to do this, I think anyone who is serious about having a good single image snapshot would avoid app2sd like the plague since it makes restoring you phone a WAY more time consuming process (have to re-download/re-install all apps, then move them to the sd card again, etc).
Appreciate any insight or BKMs people may have here. Thanks in advance!
Hi all. Here is my situation.
I was running Ninja716 rom. A fellow xda member had some questions about gingerbeast so i made a backup of my setup and restored my old gingerbeast backup. Later that day(yesterday) i flashed back my backup to Ninja. Noticed that i there was an update for an app and tried installing it. it failed so i went in to manage applications and cleared market cache and that fixed it. But while i was there i noticed that my storage use was higher normal. it was a 70mb difference.
Normally i have about 90mb of internal storage use out of the 1 gb. After restoring the backup it was up to 165mb in use. today i flashed back my same gingerbeast backup to test something checked the storage use and its up even more now up to 182mb. Anyone experience this?
I have tried full wiping before the restore and no difference. I saw this happend a while back with a previous restore but it wasnt a big deal as dill released a new version of gingerbeast and i like clean installs so that took care of it. Its not really a big issue as i still have lot of space left but just wanted to know if anyone has experienced this.
Here is my setup:
current rom:
Ninja 716
Lordmod 6.0.1 BFS kernal
4.11.m2 radio
Gingerbeast 2.1.2
default kernal
CWR-3.0.2.6
Hi gents. I am trying to restore my phone to a recent clockworkmod recovery backup but several of the latest backups won't restore the downloaded programs of the time, nor do they seem to be restoring the general Android settings. Older backups are working perfectly, however, and I can't think of any significant or unusual changes I made to the system that could stop it working properly. Also, I have been backing up and restoring the same way.
I'm using Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4, HTC ICS 4.0.4 (w/ older HBOOT for S-OFF), HTC Desire S.
I find this very strange, and unsettling that clockworkmod's backup may be unreliable. Has anybody experienced this?
Another thing, I have also been backing up the entire SD card data in the later backups (just copying to computer via card reader), thinking it may be best to restore backups with this data, but it seems to not make a difference whether this is done, or the data left as-is, or the card cleared. What's best practice in regard to the Android data that's put on the SD card?
My phone is up the creek. Help!?
i am having the same problem restoring CWM v4.0.1.4 backups on my galaxy s2: older backups restore perfectly and newer backups restore incompletely (some settings and SMSs, but no apps and no contacts).
i believe this is an issue with large nandroid images (containing >10,000 files) being unable to restore properly. this implies the backup itself is intact, luckily.
read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154892
to rebuild my phone i started by using unyaffs on my PC to access the files on the CWM nandroid image and restore my contacts, call logs, etc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
you can find additional file locations listed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969650
i then used appextractor (available in the play store) to manually restore my apps and app data from the CWM nandroid image. some needed to be redownloaded.
it's a schlepp but better than losing everything entirely.
i've read that TWRP is a more reliable way to backup and restore. i'm certainly not using CWM again.
regarding your second question, the data on your internal and external SD card is irrelevant to the function of the OS, but some apps may rely on that data. for example large apps install on the SD card.
Thanks so much for that matey. I searched and searched but hadn't come across the 10,000 files limitation. How annoying!
Anyhoo, before I saw your post I ended up restoring the latest working backup and reinstalled apps, configured things, got the device mostly up to speed.. but there were some sentimental Messages I wanted to restore. I got that unyaffs exe, the 10,000 file fix one, and managed to extract the mmssms.db just fine..
But I soon learnt it seems to be a nightmare to get it back into ICS because the SQLite db is in full-vacuum mode or some such, meaning it is cached and rewritten to help avoid fragmentation or some such. So I overwrite the mmssms.db, set permissions and ownership, reboot, and it's overwritten with the current one. Argh. I tried clearing cache. Tried running SMS backup/restore apps while the 'good' mmssms.db was in place, but they seem to look at the db cache/temp data, not the mmssms.db.
For those facing my situation and want Messages from CWM/nandroid backups in ICS, I found a great tip just posted on one of the threads N-acetyltransferase linked;
RichAP said:
I did this yesterday using Titanium Backup for my SMS/MMS
You need to go into Preferences and check the *Migrate system data [Experimental] option
Then you go to More - Extract from nandroid backup
There it is listed as Dialer Storage
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I had tried using TiBu to restore Messages from nandroid backup (no success), but Dialer Storage!? How annoying. Anyhoo it's sorted.
Then I quickly found a good alternative recovery and quickly bought the premium version of 4EXT. It's very good, but get this, it actually recovered my latest CWM recovery backup no drama, just like that! Ahh well I didn't need those hours of my life anyway. I've often thought the Desire S's codename Saga is rather apt.
In conclusion, TiBu looks damn good and 4EXT is a ripper. I'd recommend it however the Galaxy S2 support is apparently unconfirmed thus far. Maybe look into it nevertheless.
Thanks for the help dude.
I'm affected by the Cracked Edges fault with the tablet, and have successfully opened an RMA with NVidia.
I want to be ready to transfer all data over to the new device, but I have a few specific questions that may be better contained in one thread that folks can reference (without having to hunt around XDA)
Question 1 - Apps on SD Card
Like many 16GB tab users, most of the larger apps are on the external memory. I've not owned a device with a "Move to SDCARD" solution baked in before, so my question is:
Can I pop the sdcard out of one tablet and when inserted into the new device, the apps on external storage will sort themselves out and be loaded when the new device boots?
Question 2 - Apps on Local Storage
I'll need to back these up (naturally), but is there a way in TiBu to specify apps on a particular storage target (for example, internal memory or external memory)?
The way I understand it, I'd need to create a backup profile for Games (on external SD) and Apps (on internal SSD) and manage the backups this way.
My thinking is that I'd need to restore the large data apps in a separate restore so I could specify the storage target.
Is that even possible in TiBu?
Otherwise I would run out of room if I tried to flash an update.zip with all the apps back onto the shield's SSD.
Question 3 - TiBu-created update.zip and Stock Recovery
I've stuck with the factory recovery, however I have Towelrooted and use Flashify to do any OTA updates.
If I created an update.zip in TiBu, would I need to also load a custom recovery (CWM) to flash this back to the device? Or would the custom recovery allow me to flash a zip created by TiBu (I've got a feeling I'm outta luck here).
Summary
If the steps I've proposed here sound really cludgy or onerous to any of you, I'd love to get your thoughts about how to restore data with minimal fuss back to the new tablet. Any power tips are welcome, and may help others in the same situation.
Thanks for your help with my question.
jaredmorgs said:
I'm affected by the Cracked Edges fault with the tablet, and have successfully opened an RMA with NVidia.
I want to be ready to transfer all data over to the new device, but I have a few specific questions that may be better contained in one thread that folks can reference (without having to hunt around XDA)
Question 1 - Apps on SD Card
Like many 16GB tab users, most of the larger apps are on the external memory. I've not owned a device with a "Move to SDCARD" solution baked in before, so my question is:
Can I pop the sdcard out of one tablet and when inserted into the new device, the apps on external storage will sort themselves out and be loaded when the new device boots?
Question 2 - Apps on Local Storage
I'll need to back these up (naturally), but is there a way in TiBu to specify apps on a particular storage target (for example, internal memory or external memory)?
The way I understand it, I'd need to create a backup profile for Games (on external SD) and Apps (on internal SSD) and manage the backups this way.
My thinking is that I'd need to restore the large data apps in a separate restore so I could specify the storage target.
Is that even possible in TiBu?
Otherwise I would run out of room if I tried to flash an update.zip with all the apps back onto the shield's SSD.
Question 3 - TiBu-created update.zip and Stock Recovery
I've stuck with the factory recovery, however I have Towelrooted and use Flashify to do any OTA updates.
If I created an update.zip in TiBu, would I need to also load a custom recovery (CWM) to flash this back to the device? Or would the custom recovery allow me to flash a zip created by TiBu (I've got a feeling I'm outta luck here).
Summary
If the steps I've proposed here sound really cludgy or onerous to any of you, I'd love to get your thoughts about how to restore data with minimal fuss back to the new tablet. Any power tips are welcome, and may help others in the same situation.
Thanks for your help with my question.
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I'd assume that if you're fully stock, a simple factory reset would do the trick after running SuperSU's unroot option. Titanium will backup just fine. I'm assuming your backups are on the microSD. When you restore them, you could make the external storage the default installation location when restoring those apps. But it may not be necessary if those apps were programmed to prefer external memory. Won't be too hard to even manually move them over if you don't happen to have many apps like that.