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[APP] IF YOU FLASH YOUR PHONE REGULARLY CHECK THIS OUT, Zemna App List Back Up

Hey guys,
Im sure many of you know about the problems which can be caused backing up apps and restoring them to different android versions (problems with force close, reboots, general instability / compatibility).
I found this great free app which makes a list of all your apps you have installed into an XML on your sd card (so it wont get wiped when flashing your phone) and will allow you to open the XML and select an app and it will take you to the market place page for your selected app to download it again.
I find the market place 'my apps' will only remember my paid apps after changing roms and this is a much more reliable way and safer way to get your apps back, plus its just easier to have all your old apps in a list ready to download and not searching for ages right?!
I flash my phone quite regularly and with this app you can be sure you get the correct version of your apps not restoring one that's not compatible and cause problems.
Here's the App Brain link http://www.appbrain.com/app/zemna-applist-backup/net.zemna.android.applistbackup. I don't expect this to changes lives buts its a helpful tool, for free!
I'm not the dev for this app and take no credit for his / hers / their work! Feel free to hit 'THANKS' if this is useful to you.
Enjoy ;-)
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to be honest not much usefull,but still appreciated...!!

I found it good, each to their own opinions I guess. Just thought I'd share cos my market never shows my free apps after flashing and its just easier to use this than spend ages searching for the all again, there're just there in a list ready to download
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Many thanks,,
Very useful for me

gregbradley said:
Many thanks,,
Very useful for me
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Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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Already done

easiest way is to copy /data/app to your sd card. then copy all the apks from there to your computer and put them into flashtool's "/custom/app" folder. then after flashing your new rom, click "customize" in flash tool. bam, all your apps are installed without having to wait for downloading.
biggest downfall is losing app's saved "data". ei highscores and settings.
you can back these up by copying the program's data folder from /data/data to your sd card. the data folder for the program will look like this:
come.rovio.angrybirds (angry birds)
inside the data folder you will find different data files, some will be settings, highscores, etc. it will be different for every program. once you reinstall the app. you can copy JUST the data files to replace settings, scores, etc. don't copy the entire folder or you will get FC's.

That makes sense although iv never tried it. In theroy you could use the flashtool to put all the apps back on the phone and then with titanium back up restore data only and it not cause problems?
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why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo

tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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I see where your coming from but backing up and restoring apps between different versions of android isn't really a good idea and there is different versions of apps for different android versions which is where the compatibility issues and stability problems come in.
The idea of this is it saves all your apps and you can download the right version for your particular configuration on your phone.
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tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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i hate restoring with titanium. you have to confirm each individual reinstall.

There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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I use android injector from a windows based pc, very handy

The Gingerbread Man said:
There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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batch mode asks me every app

thanks for recommending this app, as it is really useful
i do not recommend tb/mybackup if you are switching between android versions as some apks might not be compatible
using this you can link to the market really easy and it ensures you having apps installing in the right way =)

boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy

XteNce said:
boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy
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You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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I use TB and restore just the app, no data.
For games like AB there are back up apps available on the AM and I've not had any problems using this method!
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The Gingerbread Man said:
You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms

XteNce said:
hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms
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Your lucky then I guess. Really the idea of this is if your changing your android version though, ie; going from 2.1- 2.2 ,2.2 - 2.3 or down grading your android version. It helped me anyway....
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[Q]

Hi all,
I'm an inspire noob running exist's 4.0.3 asopX version 26 and he recently said that he was going to update us to 4.0.4 for version 27. My question is can I back up what i have to the sd card, do a reset, then recover everything using 4.0.4? Or will i need to do a wipe and manually put stuff back on?
thanks

As Long as the recovery you are using is compatible with your backup, then you can restore it with any Rom you are running. Backups from CWM are not always compatible with 4EXT recovery and vice versa
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OK. Got it. Thanks a bunch
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I don't think glevitan understood your question correctly, or maybe I don't. I took it you want to back up your apps and such, not the ROM version itself. And to restore everything back on the 4.0.4 version. This has nothing to do with clockwork or 4EXT recovery.
If he releases the 4.0.4 ROM as an update and does not require a full wipe then just install it over top of the 4.0.3 ROM. Most of the time the DEV requires a full wipe though.
Usually it is best to do a full wipe and restore user data with a backup app like Titanium Backup. But you only want to backup and restore user apps. Restoring system data can really mess your ROM up severely. Google contacts will resync when signed in.

Agoattamer said:
I don't think glevitan understood your question correctly, or maybe I don't. I took it you want to back up your apps and such, not the ROM version itself. And to restore everything back on the 4.0.4 version. This has nothing to do with clockwork or 4EXT recovery.
If he releases the 4.0.4 ROM as an update and does not require a full wipe then just install it over top of the 4.0.3 ROM. Most of the time the DEV requires a full wipe though.
Usually it is best to do a full wipe and restore user data with a backup app like Titanium Backup. But you only want to backup and restore user apps. Restoring system data can really mess your ROM up severely. Google contacts will resync when signed in.
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haha Now that I see your reply I guess that I didn't get what he was asking...well, he will come back and get what he wants or will ask again...

I will say, no matter how inconsequential it seems, DO. NOT. RESTORE. SYSTEM. DATA. between major android versions. Let me refine that. I back up my playlists using Titanium Backup. I figured this was an insignificant thing and restored it when I moved from CoreDroid to aospX. Firstly, it didn't restore my playlists; secondly, I had to factory reset the phone < 1 day later.
That said, I WILL be restoring playlists and contacts going from AR26 -> AR27. I'll report either here or in the dev thread if it causes problems, but I have 6 g(mail | apps) accounts plus my FB account, and it takes me a considerable amount of time to get the duplicates regrouped.
Hope I helped. BTW, the free version of TiBU is pretty good, you just have to confirm every install. To me, it was worth it to get the pay version so that I could restore all my apps without confirming every one (right now I have 45-50, that's a lot of confirmations). It's also nice to be able to back out of a buggy new version of an app, or to be able to go back if you don't like the new version (I'm looking at you, FB.)

oh i see now. looks like i really lucked out cuz i flashed AR27 and his 4.0.4 then did a recovery. I thought it was a bit odd that it still said 4.0.3 so I came back here. Doh! okie dokie. I'm redoing a wipe and clean install and I'll just push all of my apps back from my google account.
Thanks for all the pointers about Tia Backup
edit: cant type

Another question, after installing exitZs new update I can't record sound. I'd post in his thread but I'm still a noob and need to get my post counter up. Thanks for any help
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Flash inspiremod that will fix it
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this works for a AOSP build?
where can i find it?

young440 said:
this works for a AOSP build?
where can i find it?
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Yep, actually is in the existz thread...look where you have attached files in the first post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460820

thanks for the reply.
i flashed and I still get the internal application error.

Check this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24419059
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Young, check here. Remember to thank the OP.

I really appreciate all the help guys but I've flashed both the InspireMod 0.5 and the one you both provided the link for. Unfortunately it still doesn't record sound. I am trying to send a message via MMS by recording it. But when I push record it gives me an error of Internal Application Error. I'll try downloading different apps to see how they work. Its just kinda odd the stock recorder doesn't work
Thank you all for your help.

young440 said:
I really appreciate all the help guys but I've flashed both the InspireMod 0.5 and the one you both provided the link for. Unfortunately it still doesn't record sound. I am trying to send a message via MMS by recording it. But when I push record it gives me an error of Internal Application Error. I'll try downloading different apps to see how they work. Its just kinda odd the stock recorder doesn't work
Thank you all for your help.
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Huh. I'd tell you to check with eXistz in #aospx, but he's away most of the time.... it's like he has one of those "life" things or something.

young440 said:
Another question, after installing exitZs new update I can't record sound. I'd post in his thread but I'm still a noob and need to get my post counter up. Thanks for any help
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what are you using to attempt to record sound?
edit: nevermind, didnt read enough.

ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
Huh. I'd tell you to check with eXistz in #aospx, but he's away most of the time.... it's like he has one of those "life" things or something.
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Yeah I'd post in his development thread but I'm just a noob trying to rack up the posts.
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young440 said:
Yeah I'd post in his development thread but I'm just a noob trying to rack up the posts.
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You should have placed this in the ICS Q/A thread. Do NOT use the development thread for questions. thats why the restriction is in place, so people learn the ropes a bit before they are allowed in there. I would redownload and do a full wipe and reflash. And try to record your mms BEFORE you put all your apps and stuff back on there. Need a clean environment before you can dig deeper into this. Only thing you should put on after installing is inspiremod before doing your mms test. Id love to help test with ya, but i always remove the default mms apk from my phone :/

OK. Now I know. Which messaging app do you use?
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[Q] Titanium Back Up - Striked out Apps

Hi guys. I am new to rooting, and finally took the plunge and rooted my LG Thrill. the main reason I rooted was to get hotspot access as well as freeze bloatware. I doubt I will ever use a custom rom.
With that said, after rooting with Megatron, I used Titanium backup to backup apps and to freeze a few.
My question is this: I have a short list at the bottom of my apps (8) that are striked out. The list is below.
1) What are these?
2) Can I remove them under REMOVE ORPHAN DATA without any ill effects?
3) Are these parts of frozen apps?
I haven't been able to find much info on these.
btips
btips_tmp
com.lge.auto_detecting_test
com.lge.charging_test
com.lge.external_memory_test
com.lge.fluidmedia
com.lge.gpsts
com.lge.lgmits
I truly appreciate all the help I have received from this forum...although I haven't posted much, I have read quite a bit and all of your posts have helped me immensely.
Thanks again!

The ones with the lines through them are just apps that have been backed up but are not on your phone anymore or are frozen
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jbrt said:
The ones with the lines through them are just apps that have been backed up but are not on your phone anymore or are frozen
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That's where u am confused. these were immediately there. Right after root, I installed Titanium Backup and those showed up strikes. I didn't make changes that I know of.

Prior phone?
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stan.s said:
Prior phone?
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Not sure what you mean? This is the only phone I have rooted and used Titanium with.
I would like to use the function to "Remove Orphan Data", but don't want to mess anything up.
It shows them as No backup yet...but doesn't seem to be a way to back them up...probably because it thinks these were old apps.
Can suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated!
-C

jbrt said:
The ones with the lines through them are just apps that have been backed up but are not on your phone anymore or are frozen
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I don't see how they could be things that are not on the phone anymore as I did the backup, then froze a couple of apps and haven't removed anything.
You mention that these could be from frozen apps too...so if there was something that couldn't get backed up, then I froze it, these could be from those frozen programs?
So in practice, if I were to unfreeze my apps, I should see those strikes removed????

Yes
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Titanium Backup crash?

Is the latest version of titanium Backup crashing anyone else's phone?
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JihadSquad said:
Is the latest version of titanium Backup crashing anyone else's phone?
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Yes it was for me too.
I went to his web site and downloaded an older version..
Now its working for me.
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cujo6801 said:
Yes it was for me too.
I went to his web site and downloaded an older version..
Now its working for me.
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Interesting solution. I had the same problem. I chose to purchase the Pro key, instead, and never look back. Hands-off restore makes it all worth it, IMO.

Ted A said:
Interesting solution. I had the same problem. I chose to purchase the Pro key, instead, and never look back. Hands-off restore makes it all worth it, IMO.
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I have the pro key as well.
Had it for years ..
Still had the problem with latest version ..
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Me too - though it seems intermittent. That being said I've been able to get it happy long enough to restore stuff when I need to, but it can be a process.

I just keep relaunching it and it eventually works... I have pro as well
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It's an intermittent issue for me as well, reinstalling got it to work for me, have found if you free up as much ram as possible it helps.
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Tibu updated in play store today..so far working
Better
Edit: Spoke to soon..
Still a pita
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The version here works fine.
http://db.tt/qdQvEhDD
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yeah, was going to mention that.... TiBu has really made my restoring a total PITA!

Talk about Titanium doing something weird, after I updated to Tweaked 3.0 I got Titanium from the market and as soon as I installed it all my apps were restored in just a few seconds. I didn't do anything. It did it by itself. I looked and all of my apps were back already.
I had Tweaked 2.2 before. I guess I didn't wipe data before I upgraded.
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stueycaster said:
Talk about Titanium doing something weird, after I updated to Tweaked 3.0 I got Titanium from the market and as soon as I installed it all my apps were restored in just a few seconds. I didn't do anything. It did it by itself. I looked and all of my apps were back already.
I had Tweaked 2.2 before. I guess I didn't wipe data before I upgraded.
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Oops, I guess I had a senior moment. Old Timers Disease is setting in. Actually I odin'd back to stock EP4, took the OTA updates, odin'd CWM and flashed Superuser 3.0.7. Then I flashed the Tweaked beta. After all that Titanium did it's weirdness.
It's okay. My phone is running great.
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JihadSquad said:
The version here works fine.
http://db.tt/qdQvEhDD
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This one's been working great....
Thanks again bro....
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Man i thought i was just such a noob that i couldn't even get it to work. :banghead: Thanks for the older version :thumbup:
Rooted FP5....

Seems like the most recent update to SuperSU fixed the issue.
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stueycaster said:
Talk about Titanium doing something weird, after I updated to Tweaked 3.0 I got Titanium from the market and as soon as I installed it all my apps were restored in just a few seconds. I didn't do anything. It did it by itself. I looked and all of my apps were back already.
I had Tweaked 2.2 before. I guess I didn't wipe data before I upgraded.
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stueycaster said:
Oops, I guess I had a senior moment. Old Timers Disease is setting in. Actually I odin'd back to stock EP4, took the OTA updates, odin'd CWM and flashed Superuser 3.0.7. Then I flashed the Tweaked beta. After all that Titanium did it's weirdness.
It's okay. My phone is running great.
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Ok this wasn't Titanium at all. This morning I re-flashed Tweaked 3.0 beta. I had to wipe data for that. After it started up I opened Play Store and found it re-installing all my apps. Is this normal? It was convenient but really surprising.

When you set up your phone for the first time and log into your Google account it asks you if you want to restore you apps.
Rooted FP5....

stueycaster said:
Ok this wasn't Titanium at all. This morning I re-flashed Tweaked 3.0 beta. I had to wipe data for that. After it started up I opened Play Store and found it re-installing all my apps. Is this normal? It was convenient but really surprising.
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Google Play now restores your apps but not the app data.
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Antoneus1231 said:
When you set up your phone for the first time and log into your Google account it asks you if you want to restore you apps.
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kvswim said:
Google Play now restores your apps but not the app data.
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Well I guess I need to pay closer attention don't I. It was definitely easier than doing them myself.

It only does it if you log into your Google account during the initial account setup, and then leave it alone while it's doing its thing. If you skip setting up your Google account during initial setup and then go in and do it later, you don't get the option.

Stock Rooted Rom

Good Morning,
I'm looking for a basic rom with out all the bloat from samsung that I never use. I tried cleanrom but for some reason it ran very sluggish on my device not sure why. Any suggestions

kronik420 said:
Good Morning,
I'm looking for a basic rom with out all the bloat from samsung that I never use. I tried cleanrom but for some reason it ran very sluggish on my device not sure why. Any suggestions
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Not really sure if BEST threads are allowed here in this forum but ive been using romswell with no problems. Also using the sd card swap mod is awesome
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jyazzie110 said:
Not really sure if BEST threads are allowed here in this forum but ive been using romswell with no problems. Also using the sd card swap mod is awesome
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I kinda like Splanner app of Samsung and a few more apps. Thats the only reason i went back to stock after the cyanogen10 rom. (also the inability to do video calls was a downer for C10). Is it possible to remove the apps post installation after rooting the tab?

antisocialbratt said:
I kinda like Splanner app of Samsung and a few more apps. Thats the only reason i went back to stock after the cyanogen10 rom. (also the inability to do video calls was a downer for C10). Is it possible to remove the apps post installation after rooting the tab?
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Yeah use tibu to freeze or delete what you want.

WOW I can't believe how much problems I'm having with this tablet. I flashed cleanrom it ran horribly, I flashed another stock rom with no bloat, I keep getting messages on my gallery, can't open up youtube, trying to watch a tv show sample hard locks the device. I'm just going to put the stock rom on can anybody point me in the right direction with a stock rooted rom with nothing else. Thank you