Is there a way to save different home screen designs. Meaning if I take all day to design a homepage the way I like it then a week later I want to change to something else. Is there a way to go back and forth between the two or three different home screens etc without re configuring everything? I may use simi clock for one and minimalist text for another etc..
Also, does it hurt to have a app installed that you may not use often? Meaning if I am using minimalist text and then switch to using simi clock a month later. Does having these apps install use up any sources if they are not applied?
Thanks
Forgot to mention that I am not rooted.
Sounds like the HTC scenes feature i've seen on the personalized page. Not sure if we can make our own scenes but this seems to be the way to go.
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When you modify one of the scenes it will be saved the way you left it. I know that you can name and save scenes with some versions of sense but I don't believe that is the case with the stock inspire.
Well let me also mention I am using Launcher Pro, sorry.
The only way I can think of doing this with lp would be with multiple backups using titanium backup. This would not be ideal as widgets don't restore though. You can use multiple different launchers, such as lp and adw, switching between them, leaving your entire setup intact on each.
Launcher pro let's you backup your home screens I believe.
swatcop1 said:
Also, does it hurt to have a app installed that you may not use often? Meaning if I am using minimalist text and then switch to using simi clock a month later. Does having these apps install use up any sources if they are not applied?
Thanks
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Sometimes they use resources when they are not applied. You can check in running services (Settings > Applications > Running services)
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Launcher pro let's you backup your home screens I believe.
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Yes you can back up the home screen but only one at a time. When you select restore from backup, it does not give you a selection. It appears it backups over the previous backup file every time you do a backup.
Oh well I guess it can not be done.
Launcher pro looks for the file name on your SD card that it put there.
You could do some renaming to do what you want. Back up your first home-screen set up, then find the 'launcher pro backup'(or what ever launcher pro names it) on your SD card. Rename it to whatever- say- lpbackup1. Set up your second homescreen, rename to lpbackup2. Rinse and repeat for each screen set up. When you want to restore one, rename the specific backup you want to exactly what launcher pro names it in the first place, and restore it. Kind of a pain, but it should let you do what you to do.
Hey Guys,
read some threads about backup, but i couldn't find one, that answers my questions...
I'm using ARHD on my Sensation an Mike recommends SuperWiping on every new Base.
It's a bit annoying that I have to set up Wifi-Networks, Backgroundimages, Ring Tones and Homescreen Settings etc. after every SuperWipe.
Is it possible to backup those things without getting problems with new ROM ? I use Titanium for backing up my Games and other Apps.
Greetz!
If you enable Google Backup and Restore it'll automatically restore your Wi-Fi networks and background.
Only the homescreen icon layout will can be restored. Widgets won't be restored.
You can also use Titanium Backup. But be careful what system info you back up. restoring some things can cause issues.
Well, what do if have to restore in TB to get all my settings and personalizations back ?
I always backup everything and when I get new ROM, I restore apps and things, which are marked green in the batch restore screen. If it doesn't work, try some white-color-marked things. But things marked with red color shouldn't be restored, unless you know, what you're doing. I prefer setting it again, it's much safer.
Don't restore white things, if you are coming from GB to ICS or sense 3.0 to 3.5 etc.
Thanks for your answer. I found "Wifi AP" "Desktop" etc. in Titanium itself now, so i don't need another App !
Hello. I have a HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile rooted with OrDroid on it. OrDroid releases New updates VERY frequently. I have my homescreen customized to my liking.... (widgets, shortcuts, folders, etc.) And I was wondering if I could somehow save my homescreen layout so I don't have to spend a lot of time changing it after I do a clean install of an update. It is really frustrating customizing my home screens several times per week. Is there some file on the phone that contains the positioning of the items on the homescreen that I could back up?
Thanks, and pardon my noob-i-ness... This is my first post.
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Hello. I have a HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile rooted with OrDroid on it. OrDroid releases New updates VERY frequently. I have my homescreen customized to my liking.... (widgets, shortcuts, folders, etc.) And I was wondering if I could somehow save my homescreen layout so I don't have to spend a lot of time changing it after I do a clean install of an update. It is really frustrating customizing my home screens several times per week. Is there some file on the phone that contains the positioning of the items on the homescreen that I could back up?
Thanks, and pardon my noob-i-ness... This is my first post.
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well, what i do is, making a full backup in recovery, full wipe, flash the new ordroid, after that, make an advanced restore, and only restore data from the backup i previously made. that restores my ROM just the way it was before flashing, all apps, home screen layout, launcher, settings, messages, and contacts. everything. although, make sure you fix permissions in recovery after that as well.
or, you can use titanium backup, backup all system/app + data, then restore all after flashing.
those two should work just fine.
Simplest way is to use Titanium backup. "HTC Sense [Desktop]" saves your sense desktop configuration/layout.
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Simplest way is to use Titanium backup. "HTC Sense [Desktop]" saves your sense desktop configuration/layout.
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well, what i do is, making a full backup in recovery, full wipe, flash the new ordroid, after that, make an advanced restore, and only restore data from the backup i previously made. that restores my ROM just the way it was before flashing, all apps, home screen layout, launcher, settings, messages, and contacts. everything. although, make sure you fix permissions in recovery after that as well.
or, you can use titanium backup, backup all system/app + data, then restore all after flashing.
those two should work just fine.
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If the Sense version changes or the tweaks applied change, there will be lots of force close issues.
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Hello. I have a HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile rooted with OrDroid on it. OrDroid releases New updates VERY frequently. I have my homescreen customized to my liking.... (widgets, shortcuts, folders, etc.) And I was wondering if I could somehow save my homescreen layout so I don't have to spend a lot of time changing it after I do a clean install of an update. It is really frustrating customizing my home screens several times per week. Is there some file on the phone that contains the positioning of the items on the homescreen that I could back up?
Thanks, and pardon my noob-i-ness... This is my first post.
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Simplest way to do this is change the default launcher to some other launcher that will let you save your settings (search; I know only of Go Launcher).
Backup the data for this launcher using Titanium backup before switching ROMs & then after switching back, change the default launcher again & restore the settings.
Although doing this will mean you cannot use tweaks on Rosie.
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If the Sense version changes or the tweaks applied change, there will be lots of force close issues.
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i know that, but he said he will be only using OrDroid so
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Simplest way to do this is change the default launcher to some other launcher that will let you save your settings (search; I know only of Go Launcher).
Backup the data for this launcher using Titanium backup before switching ROMs & then after switching back, change the default launcher again & restore the settings.
Although doing this will mean you cannot use tweaks on Rosie.
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that actually might not work...as there might be different widgets he's using as well. for example, i'm using Nova launcher, and when i only restore it from titanium backup, i only get the wallpaper, and few "system" icons, and widgets i had. and even if i restore the apps that i previously had widgets of on my home screen, it will end up empty, and i'll have add each widget individually....which turned out to pretty hard each time, since my layout is uniquely done. so ever since OrDroid 3.**, i restored Data, and never had a force close what so ever
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Simplest way is to use Titanium backup. "HTC Sense [Desktop]" saves your sense desktop configuration/layout.
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+1 takes 15 seconds and I've never had issues, after restore my layout goes to just how i had it
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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that actually might not work...as there might be different widgets he's using as well. for example, i'm using Nova launcher, and when i only restore it from titanium backup, i only get the wallpaper, and few "system" icons, and widgets i had. and even if i restore the apps that i previously had widgets of on my home screen, it will end up empty, and i'll have add each widget individually....which turned out to pretty hard each time, since my layout is uniquely done. so ever since OrDroid 3.**, i restored Data, and never had a force close what so ever
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I might have been wrong then, sorry.
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I might have been wrong then, sorry.
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no need the OP now can see what method suits him best and try depending on his situation.
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+1 takes 15 seconds and I've never had issues, after restore my layout goes to just how i had it
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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Same here, never had an issue, even my folders are the same.....
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well, what i do is, making a full backup in recovery, full wipe, flash the new ordroid, after that, make an advanced restore, and only restore data from the backup i previously made. that restores my ROM just the way it was before flashing, all apps, home screen layout, launcher, settings, messages, and contacts. everything. although, make sure you fix permissions in recovery after that as well.
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This method is the simplest BUT if the ROM base change you must NOT do an advanced data restore. Neither with Titanium Backup. When the ROM base change the best thing to do is to restore all manually, it doesn't happen frequently that ROM base changes so once in a few we must do our layout settings manually.
eg of ROM base incompatibility : Sense 3.6 to Sense 4, GingerBread to Ice Cream Sandwich, etc
Hope it helps!
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This method is the simplest BUT if the ROM base change you must NOT do an advanced data restore. Neither with Titanium Backup. When the ROM base change the best thing to do is to restore all manually, it doesn't happen frequently that ROM base changes so once in a few we must do our layout settings manually.
eg of ROM base incompatibility : Sense 3.6 to Sense 4, GingerBread to Ice Cream Sandwich, etc
Hope it helps!
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Correct. And shnizlon does change his ROM base often.
Note to OP since he'll be using OrDroid: when the first number in the version name changes, means that a new base is used. Or, you can check the changelog, and see if the ROM base is changed.
This thread has come from a simple layout backup, to a full backup discussion lol
Saving home screens
You can use the previously suggested backup in titanium backup, however, as an OrDroid user I know the base changes quite often so be careful because this can cause force closes, if the base remains the same it should be fine
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Simplest way is to use Titanium backup. "HTC Sense [Desktop]" saves your sense desktop configuration/layout.
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Thank you so much for the tip, works great for my HTC One S - ViperC2 5.1.0 - HTC Sense 5.0
Tested also with Rom Toolbox, the concept is the same for any backup app. It's useful mostly because 90% of my apps are in SD and apps links get lost every time I reboot. Thanks again
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Hi, I'm sorry if this question has been asked, I would like to start switching ROMs to test different ones, and I've been using Titanium Backup to backup all my data. I know that I should only restore back the user data and never system data when switching ROM's however I hate having to setup my widgets and homescreen layout everytime I switch ROMs. Is it safe to restore the backup of the Launcher even though it is in red text under Titanium Backup? I've read that it is okay to restore system data for the ones with yellow text but if its green or red it shouldn't be restored.
Is there any alternative of being able to switch between ROMs without having to setup your home screen icons everytime? Thanks.
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Hi, I'm sorry if this question has been asked, I would like to start switching ROMs to test different ones, and I've been using Titanium Backup to backup all my data. I know that I should only restore back the user data and never system data when switching ROM's however I hate having to setup my widgets and homescreen layout everytime I switch ROMs. Is it safe to restore the backup of the Launcher even though it is in red text under Titanium Backup? I've read that it is okay to restore system data for the ones with yellow text but if its green or red it shouldn't be restored.
Is there any alternative of being able to switch between ROMs without having to setup your home screen icons everytime? Thanks.
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If you're moving between Stock ROMs or Between AOSP ROMs with the same launcher, it shouldn't be an issue.
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If you're moving between Stock ROMs or Between AOSP ROMs with the same launcher, it shouldn't be an issue.
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Thanks. If I'm using Google's Launcher do I just restore Launcher in Titaniumbackup? I heard that I also need to restore Google Search as well.
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Thanks. If I'm using Google's Launcher do I just restore Launcher in Titaniumbackup? I heard that I also need to restore Google Search as well.
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I'm not sure about the latter. Just restore data (not app) for launcher so do it separately. However, titanium is never great at restoring laucnhers anyway
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I'm not sure about the latter. Just restore data (not app) for launcher so do it separately. However, titanium is never great at restoring laucnhers anyway
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Thanks Do you have any better alternative solution for restoring launchers other than titanium?
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Thanks Do you have any better alternative solution for restoring launchers other than titanium?
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Not really I am afraid. I use Nova. Titanium restores the widgets as "place holders" and nova allows me to "tap to restore widget" but even then, I have to add a bit of configuration to each. I've never found a perfect solution and as a result, have much less complicated homescreens nowadays.
I accidentally cleared my Google Launcher settings, and it restored to the default. I lost all my folders and widgets. Is there a way to restore my previous settings?
Thanks!
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I accidentally cleared my Google Launcher settings, and it restored to the default. I lost all my folders and widgets. Is there a way to restore my previous settings?
Thanks!
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If you didn't backup then you can't restore anything.
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If you didn't backup then you can't restore anything.
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Do you mean backing up with a 3rd party app like TB? or is there a way I can back up the settings for restoral without needing a 3rd party app?
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Do you mean backing up with a 3rd party app like TB? or is there a way I can back up the settings for restoral without needing a 3rd party app?
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Not retrospectively! If you didn't back up your settings before wiping then there is nothing you can do now!
As for future backups, you can only do this through third-party apps at the moment. Something like Helium or TB, but most backup apps require Root as well
As far as I know you can't backup your homescreens, only the Google Search settings.
Although if you use the XGELS module and have bought premium, you can backup icons/folders. Backing up widgets is impossible, however.