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[Q] Need Some Help with An EVO back up

First want to say hi. I want to backup my evo since im replacing it with a newer evo since there is a problem with mine its hardware problem. but any way is there a way i can completly take everything from my current phone to new one Apps photos settings launcher pro(paid)im getting the phone tom they called todayso plz help me out plz try and keep it simple if possible

First you should be aware that all of your paid apps are permanently tied to the Google account that you used / created when you first set up the phone. This means that as long as you use the same credentials when setting up the new EVO you will find all off your purchased apps waiting for you in the market.
Second know that most of your personal data is stored on the SD card as opposed to the phone memory itself. If you reuse the same card you will likely find your data is waiting code you without using a backup restore utility.
Despite the above I am a fervent devotee to backing up and use several apps in tandem. I you only have one I think Titanium Backup is the way to go. My Backup Pro another alternative. These will backup and restore all of your apps with data so it is like you never lost a beat. They will even restore desktop layout and call logs or text messages.
My last advice is to get the free app called dropbox. T give you 2 gigs of online storage which get linked to a special folder on your phone. Put a file in the folder and it will get uploaded into your web vault. From there you can access the files from your PC as well.
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Angry Birds

I have just gotten my girlfriend's G2X today... rooted it immediately, installed Titanium Backup, and tried to restore my Angry Birds backups (from G2) to her new G2X. This failed -- apps wouldn't open.
After some trouble, I was finally able to get the apps to install from the Market, but attempts to restore my data backups crash the apps.
She really likes Angry Birds, and has been playing it a lot on my phone, so I'd really like to restore it to her phone...
Has anyone else run into a similar problem? If so, did you find a fix? Does Angry Birds write to a partition that isn't available on the G2X? I'm a bit lost as to what the issue may be.
No other problems have been noted thus far. The N64 emulator runs great on the G2X... I was having some fun with GoldenEye 007!

No idea. I was able to successfully backup my Angry Birds levels via Titanium from my Nexus One and restore them to my Nook Color.
Maybe you could try drilling down to the individual files. Using Root Explorer I see that we have /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files. All the info about the levels you completed is in highscores.lua. There is additional information in settings.lua which appears to include Golden Eggs and other stuff.
It's conceivably possible that your crashes are coming from the file stored in /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/lib which may be device-specific. E.g. if you install Angry Birds on a dual-core device versus single-core, it loads up different hardware-related libraries.
So yeah, try copying the .lua files from your saved games to a safe place, and then reinstall AB from scratch. Play a level, make sure it works, then replace the .lua files with your backups.

Buy an app from the market that backs up the file or do it the free way and use adb to pull the file from data data angry birds somewhere.look around.google it tells you which file is the back up
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Check the permissions using root explorer.

Remanifest said:
I have just gotten my girlfriend's G2X today... rooted it immediately, installed Titanium Backup, and tried to restore my Angry Birds backups (from G2) to her new G2X. This failed -- apps wouldn't open.
After some trouble, I was finally able to get the apps to install from the Market, but attempts to restore my data backups crash the apps.
She really likes Angry Birds, and has been playing it a lot on my phone, so I'd really like to restore it to her phone...
Has anyone else run into a similar problem? If so, did you find a fix? Does Angry Birds write to a partition that isn't available on the G2X? I'm a bit lost as to what the issue may be.
No other problems have been noted thus far. The N64 emulator runs great on the G2X... I was having some fun with GoldenEye 007!
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dont tell her you did this, but this will make her happy.
download angry cheaters, you can set the the high scores and level completion for Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons. Go through and match all her scores from the G2.
Problem solved.

elpeterson said:
dont tell her you did this, but this will make her happy.
download angry cheaters, you can set the the high scores and level completion for Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons. Go through and match all her scores from the G2.
Problem solved.
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I like the way you think.

I tried restoring my homering battle 3d data and same thing, crashed the app. /cry
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WorldWide60 said:
I like the way you think.
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my girlfriend loves it too and was devastated when i wiped my phone and she lost all of it. so now i do this when i forget to back up. everytime a new season comes out i use it to unlock all the levels so if she gets stuck on one, she can play the rest.
Bronk93 said:
I tried restoring my homering battle 3d data and same thing, crashed the app. /cry
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this is possible. but it requires the data the game is possible. ive accidentally wiped my phone SO many times that make-shift app backups have become a specialty.
find the folder (can't rememver which it is) stored on internal/external memory on the original device. Remember when you had to go through that download at the beginning of the app? copy that to the same place of your new device, and load the game. its not perfect and it hasnt always worked for me, but there are other times where ive gotten ALL my golden balls, but no items, or vice versa.
its worth a shot.

Is anyone else unable to install any version of angry birds without their phone rebooting?
EDIT: I found out that my problem was when installing them from titanium backups from my N1
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Not sure where these problems are coming from; I used TB to backup my apps from the Eris, and all of them including angry birds ported over just fine, including the save data.

cbowens said:
Not sure where these problems are coming from; I used TB to backup my apps from the Eris, and all of them including angry birds ported over just fine, including the save data.
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I had my apps installed on my sdcard from my nexus one so when I restored them they went to the external card that the g2x isn't able to store Apps on. I was able to delete the files and only then install them.
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For some reason my apps and data from my G2 would not restore on my G2X. I used titanium and mybackup on the G2 to create backups. But my G2X would not read the backup files. Probably incompatibility issue?
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tr82691 said:
For some reason my apps and data from my G2 would not restore on my G2X. I used titanium and mybackup on the G2 to create backups. But my G2X would not read the backup files. Probably incompatibility issue?
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Use a file explorer or mount over USB to copy your backup folder/files from external SD to internal SD and try restoring again.. that's what I had to do to get mine working.
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Bronk93 said:
I tried restoring my homering battle 3d data and same thing, crashed the app. /cry
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This is what pissed me off. I haven't been able to get it to restore properly. I've tried taking the individual files, and haven't had any success. I could flash three times a day with my mt4g, and never lose anything. I was ranked around 900 something the last I checked.

I spent about a day and a half trying to restore the Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons data from the Titanium BackUps off my Nexus One. I gave up.
I went back to my Nexus One and used MyBackup Pro to back everything up and, after getting the same results as when I used Titanium for a couple hours, it finally worked. The problem is, I have no clue what I did different or why it finally worked.
There seems to be some magic number or some magic combination of downloading the app, opening the app, restoring the data and restarting the phone. I do know that I could not use any of the backed up APKs from MyBackup Pro or the phone crash/rebooted. I had to download the app from the market and then only restore the data from MyBackup pro...and again, it didn't work the first time. Lots of uninstalling the data and app and starting from scratch. Download. Restore. Reboot. Rinse. Repeat.
So it is possible...but I'm sorry I don't know exactly how.

I previously had a vibrant and I got mine back no problem. I installed each version fresh from the market/amazon app store then used titanium to restore 'data only'. Worked like a champ on all 3 versions.

restore of Angry Birds
I had the same issue - so I did the following
1) Install Angry birds from market
2) Install Angry Birds Rio from Market
3) Install Angry birds Seasons from Market
4) Launch each game and complete the first level
5) For Seasons, complete the first level in each season
6) launch Titanium and do a restore of just user data not the application
This prserved all my golden egss and settings - good luck

Solution
Here is a solution to restore high scores to a fresh install of Angry Birds. Unzip your Angry Birds backup from TitaniumBackup/com.rovio.angrybirds-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx.tar
You need two files in this archive, settings.lua and highscores.lua. They are located in /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
Put those file on your phone in the same directory, /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
You can do this using root explorer to copy/paste the files there, or simply by using adb to push the files using the commands:
adb push settings.lua /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
adb push highscores.lua /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
The above commands assume that you have adb in your path and are in the current directory containing your .lua backup files.
If you have not yet played Angry Birds on your new phone this method will result in a permission denied error. Simply play one level of angry birds and repeat the above solution.

[Q] Switch to Skyrocket from GS2?

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.
Newbie alert!!!!
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.

crawlgsx said:
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?

gheck911 said:
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....

crawlgsx said:
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.

the2rrell said:
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

[Q] Can you back up NBA Jams game data?

I have TB Pro and used it to back up NBA Jams. But after flashing a new rom, when I restore the app it goes back online to re-download the 300 megs or however big it is from EA's site. But more important, I lose my saved progress. I like this game a lot, but I'm constantly flashing new roms, so it's a PITA to have to start fresh on that game after each flash.I'm hoping there's some way to back up all the games data, but I'm coming up blank with my attempts.

Try to look for save game files on sd card, because they are usally stored there.

App data is typically stored in /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/[package-id]
(where [package-id] is typically something like "com.something.appname"). A few apps will store data in /data/data/[package-id], so check there too if it isn't on the sdcard.

I'm having a similar problem. Something went wrong with my phone and games started crashing, so I thought I'd give it a nice clean restart. So I reflashed my ROM and wiped everything including the SD card. Of course I did a nandroid backup first though and also made a backup copy of the SD card contents, so I should have all the data that was there before. For good measure, I also did an adb pull of /data/data/com.eamobile.nbajam_na_wf to extract those files separately so I don't have to try to extract them from the nandroid backup.
My phone works again and the games are working again, but now I'm having trouble restoring my NBA Jam progress.
Things I've tried:
1. Restoring the /sdcard/Android/com.eamobile.nbajam_na_wf files that didn't match what was on the SD card after reinstalling/playing NBA Jam. I was hoping whatever files were different would be the ones that had my saved data and it would work after this, but after doing this the game would crash when I try to view my challenges (sort of like it would before this whole ordeal, maybe my save data is just corrupted somehow).
2. Same as 1, but also restoring the /sdcard/.android_secure/(nba jam asec file, don't remember the exact name). Doing this seems to have really messed things up since the app's name and icon no longer display properly in the settings for applications.
3. Same as 1 and 2 except I also adb pushed my backup of /data/data/com.eamobile.nbajam_na_wf back over the files that were there, but it still doesn't seem to help, same results as 2.
So I ended up clearing the data and reinstalling NBA Jam again, so now it works but I don't have my save data... and like the first poster, I'd rather not lose my progress every time I flash a rom... So if anyone knows what I may have missed or has any other suggestions, please let me know!
EDIT: So it seems maybe my Challenges file is corrupted for some reason, it seems to be the one that causes problems.
FYI, these are the relevant files in /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.nbajam_na_wf, they're filenames are actuallly pretty self-explanatory:
ChallengeDataFile
HighScoresDataFile
PlayNow
TeamUnlockDataFile
GameOptionSettingsDataFile
PlayerUnlockDataFile
Career
ClassicCampaignDataFile
Deleting all of them wipes your progress and doesn't seem to cause problems. I've been able to restore some of them without problems so far. But if I restore my ChallengeDataFile, it causes problems, so I guess I just gotta start over on my challenges.
~Troop

Wow, 5 years later, game is still cool and EA still sucks at this...

[Q] Helium

Folks
I really need some help here.
I backed up my data using Helium, and cannot restore it at all. At this point I am primarily interested in whatsapp because I have a whole lot of messages there. I backed up my data to the internal SD card, copied the carbon folder, wiped my phone and put the carbon folder back. I have tried reading other threads of doing the PC download and copying my data over among other things, nothing works. I really need to get the data back, just for one app. Even tried opening the .ab file based on this: http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ta-from-a-full-backup-made-through-adb-backup still no go. Tried to restore it from here, still no go. Please help!
What I really dont understand about Helium is if it does not support deleting and recopying the folder back on the phone, why even give an internal SD card option!! Apparently the paid version works great with dropbox et al. Itis just so damn frustrating to see an app that claims it works on internal SD, but the use case doesnt seem that useful unless all you want to do is restore the data without any kind of wipe. A warning would have been nice, clearly stating it atleast once considering the developer has put it on his wiki.
Thanks, sorry about the frustrated rant.

I'm sorry, I don't have an answer to your question.
Just wanted to say, titanium backup is known as the best for a reason. After you hopefully settle your issue....try it.

Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you either, but I had a very similar experience with that app about a year ago. It was the paid version and Dropbox/Google Drive restores were no more useful than what i had copied locally. Now I just use Titanium and command line adb.
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