I have been trying out the CM10 nightlies for the last month or two and they were generally pretty good. However i recently found some issues that cause it to reboot using an app i use frequently for work so i decided to restore my stock ROM. This is where I ran into my issue. I backed up all my user apps and their data with titanium backup before i rolled back to stock, which was 105 apps.
However when I go to do a batch restore in titanium it tells me I only have 53 backups. I have a backup of the CM10 rom i made before I restored stock just in case something happened so i went back to that. When i check Titanium there it says i have the 105 backups. What's going here. When I return to the stock ROM why isn't it recognizing half the apps i have backed up?
Under preferences in TB click on the backup folder location and let it scan your device. Maybe cm10 had them stored on the external as default and stock is internal (or vice versa).
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kintwofan said:
Under preferences in TB click on the backup folder location and let it scan your device. Maybe cm10 had them stored on the external as default and stock is internal (or vice versa).
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I did this already. It's selecting the correct folder and what's even stranger is that when I detect the folder, it says it has 105 items in it. But it won't restore half of them.
Do you have unknown sources checked under security?
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Do you have unknown sources checked under security?
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Yes
Ok so I figured out how to access the apps, I changed the filters to show all apps. At some point I must have changed it to hide uninstalled apps and didn't remember because it was 2 or 3 months ago. Now I just need to figure out how to do the batch restore without having to manually press install for each and every app...
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Before I flash to paragon I have a question. Currently iam on cognition2.17(i think). Can I use rom manager to back up my phone in its current state(with contacts, apps, settings, txt msgs and so fourth)?
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If your question is can you rom manager backup then restore over paragon, no.
Titanium backup for user apps
Export contacts to sd
Its if I don't like paragon, I can revert back to my current set up.
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rar26 said:
Its if I don't like paragon, I can revert back to my current set up.
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If you flash cog first then restore, yes.
But you need to flash cog first, and if you are on 2.17 make sure it is 2.17 and not a 2.2 variant
Does rom manager backup apps like titanium?
Not exactly, rom manager can help you make a backup of your rom. This includes apps, TB just restores your applications ac/dc system data. So restoring one only does apps, the other restores a previous rom.
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wouldnt it be good idea to make a sticky about the fact that titanium backup causes more problems than its good for,most of the posts i have read about probs have one thing in common they all tried to restore a titanium back up now this wont work and that fc's or it just wont stop rebooting, factory reset and flash seems to always work and if ya.want a different kernel let it boot one time then install the kernel,naturally after you wiped cache and delvik again. those two ways always seem to work
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Never, ever restore system data. I bet if everyone that had a problem only hit "restore missing user apps" there wouldn't be a problem.
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Titanium backup rarely causes problems unless you restore system apps. Tibu is one of the most useful apps in the market, I would never discourage anyone from using it. It's especially helpful to have backups of an app that gets updated & then you find out the update breaks something or removes a good feature.
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Keep tb, lose rom manager
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restore missing apps and app data ONLY...never had a single problem the only system data i restore is the HTC desktop so i don't have to reconfigure my home screens...works like a charm
No problems here. You just have to be smart about what you restore. There is no "one click" method.
I think we are looking at user error ... but blame the software if you must.
As others have pointed out, I've never had an issue with Titanium Backup. Great software! Just do not restore system apps + data.
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Keep tb, lose rom manager
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Ha, ditto.
Can we ditch rom manager or do you have to have it installed for CWR?
now if only there was something for unrooted phones to backup before they root so they could avoid that initial loss
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restore missing apps and app data ONLY...never had a single problem the only system data i restore is the HTC desktop so i don't have to reconfigure my home screens...works like a charm
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Lmao I literally almost said this exact post word for word in another thread.. even down to the works like a charm.
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I have had a problem with titanium backup, but it might be a setting. I restored using Titanium Backup from my Droid Incredible with no apparent issues to my 1st Thunderbolt. I did a backup w/ both Titanium and MybackupPro before swapping out my Thunderbolts. I always backup twice on my phones in case something goes wrong. Oh FYI it did go wrong before I returned the Thunderbolt I copied the MyBackup, but forgot the Titanium data. This is why i always double my efforts as I always forget something.
On my 2nd Thunderbolt I started to restore MyBackupPro data after unchecking everything that was a system app. I never looked into how to have MyBackupPro only copy user apps+data since I discovered Titanium. As soon as I went into Market Place multiple app updates downloaded.
For reasons that I am not sure why I decided to do it I did a hard reset to factory defaults. I copied my incredible data back over to the 2nd Thunderbolt and did a restore. None of the apps required updating from an older backup. I'm just wondering if something didn't restore correctly to market?
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Lmao I literally almost said this exact post word for word in another thread.. even down to the works like a charm.
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Thats funny because I was just reading that thread thinking "where the hell did my post go"?
This may be a dumb question, but should you let apps download automatically after a wipe / new Rom install, and then have TB restore some apps with user data I need? Or is it better the skip the automatic download altogether and restore everything through TB? Thanks!
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I'm stock and rooted. Used ROM manager to install CWR, then Titanium Pro to uninstall ROM.
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The only issue I have had with titanium backup is that when I went to restore my apps and their data it did not seem to restore any of the data, just the apps. I was a little discouraged at first but then figured maybe the original location on my old droid X might have been different then where it is on the Thunderbolt. I doubt it but that's what I keep telling myself since the app data won't restore.
Recently had problems with restoring app data as well...hmmm... In my case it is probably user error.
Without Titanium Backup, I would not be as willing to try new ROMs. As with all things relating to rooting and flashing custom ROMs, you have to learn how to use the tools and understand their limitations.
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Recently had problems with restoring app data as well...hmmm... In my case it is probably user error.
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I've had the same problem when moving to a GB-based ROM. So what is this "user error" that we're committing?
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This may be a dumb question, but should you let apps download automatically after a wipe / new Rom install, and then have TB restore some apps with user data I need? Or is it better the skip the automatic download altogether and restore everything through TB? Thanks!
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It's up to you really but that's how I do it. Just restore the data to apps that need that data and you can restore apps that didn't D/l from market and Ti will link them to the market so you'll still get updates.
I have no problem with TiBackup restoring data. When I move to GB ROMs (maybe that's just coincidence) Ti 'forgets' my settings so I have to setup my custom labels and scheduled backups again. I used to backup and restore texts (which is system data) but since switching between Froyo and Gingerbread ROMs I've gotten a separate app to do that if I want to take my SMS/MMS to my new ROM. Never backup/restore system data. I wish there was a way to exclude system data in TiBackup without also excluding uninstalled.
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OK so installed new rom this morn. Last night I used TB to backup my apps. So install Tom and reinstall TB then transfer TB folder back to phone. Go into TB and run missing apps .. only thing is not all my apps show. Like engadget, friends caster,face book,twi, and etc. Another 38 of 60.
So I search in TB for TWI.. and this is what I get..(attatched pic)
So a question I have is there any way to get the apps out of the TB backup folder? And why is look like that?
Thanks.. phone listed in sig and rom is infused 2.2.3
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OK so installed new rom this morn. Last night I used TB to backup my apps. So install Tom and reinstall TB then transfer TB folder back to phone. Go into TB and run missing apps .. only thing is not all my apps show. Like engadget, friends caster,face book,twi, and etc. Another 38 of 60.
So I search in TB for TWI.. and this is what I get..(attatched pic)
So a question I have is there any way to get the apps out of the TB backup folder? And why is look like that?
Thanks.. phone listed in sig and rom is infused 2.2.3
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First off this is probably covered in the general section a search would find plenty of results. But the answer to your question is that you dont have to copy or move any of your backups at all after creating the backup. Look to your external_sd once you install your ROM and then re-install TIBU. You can open and allow Root access for TIBU then go to your phones menu option and select Preferences. Scroll down the list of option until you find Backup Folder Location then click detect and select entire device. It will locate all backup directories, select your regular backup directory and then **Important** select Use Current and close preferences. It should update all of your previous backups. Click the phones menu again and select Batch and Restore Missing Apps with data. You should be good to go at that point. If you dont have any backups then you may not have done your previous backup correctly. Another suggestion I can make is once you get your phone restored and all apps installed the way you want it. Run the Delete Backups batch job and start fresh with a new set of backups.
New G2x owner. Flashed Weapon 3.0, followed all steps correctly. All is good...EXCEPT when I restore dialer storage with Titanium Backup to get all my SMSs. Immediately after doing this, I get the dreaded "sorry, the application com.android.phone stopped unexpectedly" message loop, over and over and over again. I thought there could be a conflict with my Google synced contacts (that TB was trying to restore contacts that were already there) but I tried restoring the dialer storage with my contacts empty, and still got the message. Only way out of it is to use CWM and try over again.
Any ideas? Many thanks.
Trying restoring just your user apps in TB not any system apps/data...
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Trying restoring just your user apps in TB not any system apps/data...
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Did that first. Restored a handful of my user apps, then began restoring system/data one by one. That's how I knew what was causing the problem.
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Did that first. Restored a handful of my user apps, then began restoring system/data one by one. That's how I knew what was causing the problem.
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So don't restore that option...
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So don't restore that option...
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So, any other way to restore MMSs besides TB? It's not the most important backup, but still. Mainly I'm interested in what's causing that problem to avoid more problems like that down the road.
My Backup Root. It's good for backing up contacts and sms/mms and more.
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So, any other way to restore MMSs besides TB? It's not the most important backup, but still. Mainly I'm interested in what's causing that problem to avoid more problems like that down the road.
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You could also try SMS Backup and restore from the Play Store. It is free. You should never restore any system apps and data when changing Roms. They don't play well together.
Or use GoSMS. Its what I use, and it gives you the option to email yourself the file. Also can make the apply backup automatically, every week or so.
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Hi guys
I just recently updated my ROM to its newest version and I am loving it so far (Beans 19). However, I'm pretty bummed that all my existing stuff on my phone is wiped because dirty flashing isn't recommended. With that said, is there a way (aside from TiBackup) where I can save my app data and other stuff and transfer it to my updated ROM? Thanks in advanced.
I ended up using Helium (available in play store) over titanium this time. I had a problem restoring from a 4.2 rom to a 4.3 using titanium. I have both apps in the paid version.
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DiSiD said:
I ended up using Helium (available in play store) over titanium this time. I had a problem restoring from a 4.2 rom to a 4.3 using titanium. I have both apps in the paid version.
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Titanium backup should work flawlessly regardless of android version. Did you restore system apps/data? If you did then that was your problem never restore anything related to system. The only exception is maybe call logs and SMS
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I probably did, I'm still pretty new at this. For me, after that, I went with picking app data to back up and restore for only the ones I really needed with helium. I probably could have done the same thing with titanium.
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So once you factory reset and all that stuff, you re-download helium on your new rom and restore?
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I probably did, I'm still pretty new at this. For me, after that, I went with picking app data to back up and restore for only the ones I really needed with helium. I probably could have done the same thing with titanium.
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I recommend giving TIBU another go. Remember in TIBU system apps are marked in red and users apps are marked in white. I recommend making a fresh backup in helium just until you get used to TIBU. I'm going to write you a small guide to TIBU
1. Go to batch actions (check box in top right)
2. Scroll to the very last option and click "delete all backups". This will give us a clean slate.
3. Go back to main screen and select schedules tab.
4. Click edit on first schedule. If no scheduled are listed then create one.
4a. Change it to "Backup all user apps". This will backup your downloaded apps every time the schedule runs regardless if the apps were modified/used since the last backup.
4b. If you only want it to backup the apps that were modified since your last backup then choose "Backup new user apps & newer versions".
5. Choose a time and day for schedule. Also choose of you want to run the schedule regardless of power level (AC charging/battery, etc)
Setting up backup for SPECIFIC system data like SMS & Call Log
1. Go to the backup/Restore tab. In the top right click "Edit Filters"
2. At the bottom click "Create Label". Give it a name (e.g. Calls/SMS). Now click "Add/Remove Elements".
3. Choose Call Log and Messages (SMS/MMS). Now hit the check mark in the top right. Give it a name if you haven't yet and hit save.
4. Now go back to schedules. Create a schedule and choose "Backup all system data". Pick the filter you created and pick a time for the schedule to run.
5. Done! If you want to know how to backup your backups to online storage like Dropbox/Box/Drive. You can set it in TIBU preferences and then edit the schedules you created to save to your online system automatically.
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Thank you, sandman.. I'm saving this.
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So once you factory reset and all that stuff, you re-download helium on your new rom and restore?
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That is what I did, but I guess I didn't have the understanding of titanium that sandman helped explain. Next time I'll back up on both and start restoring with titanium first to see if I have better luck (I have flashed roms and restored with titanium before with success so I thought it was the 4.2 to 4.3 as sometime suggested to me, but I could have made a mistake with system files that time, I'm not sure). If I fail again I'll at least have the helium to restore.
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