What is the difference between a System wipe and. a factory reset. Doesn't Factory wipe the internal sd card clean and that is why we do Titanium Backup of our apps and store them on the external sd card? Will a system wipe require we do the same thing ?
lartomar2002 said:
What is the difference between a System wipe and. a factory reset. Doesn't Factory wipe the internal sd card clean and that is why we do Titanium Backup of our apps and store them on the external sd card? Will a system wipe require we do the same thing ?
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Factory reset - wipe all user download apps, reset (clear app data/cache) for all system apps. You will boot to a factory setup.
System wipe, you delete all the system apps the result is you have NO O/S to boot to. Twrp will alerts you that you have no O/S.
If you backup your system apps or user apps with Titanium, it will save you time to update. All system apps come with the rom but outdated, so once they installed, you need to update them.
TiBu offers as an option to do a system apps backup. Could those be used to replace the OS? I know a nanroid back up does this but I am curious about how everything works together. :cyclops:
lartomar2002 said:
TiBu offers as an option to do a system apps backup. Could those be used to replace the OS? I know a nanroid back up does this but I am curious about how everything works together. :cyclops:
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No, the O/S contained a lot more than just system apps, like Kernel, bootloader etc.. nandroid can backup all these, but not Tibu. Tibu only backing up system apps. You need the OS to install Tibu in order to restore system apps.
Edit: Tibu has an option to backup all system/user apps as a zip file and this file can be flash using twrp, but only apps, no O/S.(kernel, bootloader).
Okay, thank very much for clearing all of it up for me
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Do you need to back up apps found in link2sd with titanium backup if you want to restore it after flashing a new rom?? I mean its already in the sd card so do i need to back it up? Any help would be appreciated!!
Yes, you still need to back up your apps. The files in the 2nd partition will probably get wiped if you flash your phone and the links on the internal memory will definitely get wiped.
Easy steps:
backup your apps & data with titanium
flash and install new ROM
[preferably] change setting so that all apps are installed to internal memory
install link2sd and install script. Reboot.
restore apps from Titanium. Note: if you run out of internal memory while Titanium is reinstalling all your old apps, it will proceed to install the remaining apps on your SD using a2sd.
androidlover123 said:
Do you need to back up apps found in link2sd with titanium backup if you want to restore it after flashing a new rom?? I mean its already in the sd card so do i need to back it up? Any help would be appreciated!!
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Another reason to do it via backup is that if you're using link2sd's dalvik-cache linking, the optimized dalvik may not match the new ROM. For example, I'm not sure I would wouldn't want to take optimized dalvik generated on a JIT-enabled 2.1 and run it on a 2.2.1 system or vice versa.
jayarmstrong said:
Yes, you still need to back up your apps. The files in the 2nd partition will probably get wiped if you flash your phone and the links on the internal memory will definitely get wiped.
Easy steps:
backup your apps & data with titanium
flash and install new ROM
[preferably] change setting so that all apps are installed to internal memory
install link2sd and install script. Reboot.
restore apps from Titanium. Note: if you run out of internal memory while Titanium is reinstalling all your old apps, it will proceed to install the remaining apps on your SD using a2sd.
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What do you mean by "install script" in the 4th step ? Titanium Backup's Backup / Restore is so confusing with Link2SD
Thanks
optimusodd said:
What do you mean by "install script" in the 4th step ? Titanium Backup's Backup / Restore is so confusing with Link2SD
Thanks
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Sorry, but that was so long ago I don't recall any of the details.
jayarmstrong said:
Sorry, but that was so long ago I don't recall any of the details.
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Haha yeah it's been almost 5 years
Anyway I have resolved the "Link2SD +TB" backup and restore issue.
Thanks for taking your time to reply.Cheers!!
After I do a Factory Reset and Wipe Cache and Davlik Cache,
When I'm restoring Apps through Titanium Backup,
Which option won't mess up the system??
Restore Missing apps with data
Restore all system data
Restore missing apps + all system data
Restore newer versions of user apps
Restore all apps with data
??
I'm quite confused with this.
I do the missing apps + user data. This way if you load a new Rom and it already has apps you had previously Downloaded you dont have to reload them. Jumping from Rom to Rom with different bases though I always recommend reinstalling apps individually and then making a nandroid backup of that Rom in cwm recovery. I've ran into issues with titanium restoring data. so try it and if it doesn't act right then reflash and manually load apps.
I had rooted my S Duos and faced some problem with boot loop.
I flashed new stock after resetting to factory mode and cache clearing. But now when I use clean Master to clean junk file it shows many previous apps like Lucky Patcher, Titanium Backup under obsolete apks menu as NOT INSTALLED. I have Super backup and had backed up my apps before rooting. Now I deleted those backups also but those apps not getting deleted.
I also think there might be Superuser app also available in memory which could be hidden.
Is there any way to clean those files without harming my msgs and contacts.
Thanks
backup everything
Dhyan Chand said:
I had rooted my S Duos and faced some problem with boot loop.
I flashed new stock after resetting to factory mode and cache clearing. But now when I use clean Master to clean junk file it shows many previous apps like Lucky Patcher, Titanium Backup under obsolete apks menu as NOT INSTALLED. I have Super backup and had backed up my apps before rooting. Now I deleted those backups also but those apps not getting deleted.
I also think there might be Superuser app also available in memory which could be hidden.
Is there any way to clean those files without harming my msgs and contacts.
Thanks
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backup messages and contacts
to backup contacts press menu button, select import-export and select export to external sd!
for messages backup use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
after these backups, enter recovery mode and select: wipe data/factory reset as well as wipe cache partition...finally reboot device
Since I just got stuck with a broken nightly on cyanogenmod I wanted to ask for a solid way to backup the system, apps and all settings of my device (which is a HTC one S ville).
I thought about backing up my cyanogenmod system with TWRP?
Is TWRP able to backup all the apps and app settings? Does it also include for exmple Tasker profiles?
What is a backup app like titanium for? Do I even need it if I back up frequently with TWRP?
Thanks in advance
The twrp backup is an exact image of all your partitions: cache, boot, system and data including the file system. It'll contain everything you have on your phone except sdcard. It's downside is that you cannot restore only a specific app or it's data, you have to restore all of them.
Titanium Backup on the other side, backups the apps and data and allows separate restore for each app.
If you do frequent twrp backups and you would restore everything at once, you don't need TB
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The twrp backup is an exact image of all your partitions: cache, boot, system and data including the file system. It'll contain everything you have on your phone except sdcard. It's downside is that you cannot restore only a specific app or it's data, you have to restore all of them.
Titanium Backup on the other side, backups the apps and data and allows separate restore for each app.
If you do frequent twrp backups and you would restore everything at once, you don't need TB
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Agree TWRP
So I've read that regular LineageOS updates work with "dirty flashes" but the bigger updates (between majoe Android versions) require "clean flash".
Is it possible to somehow save all the system and application settings and data between the big upgrades requiring clean flash?
Thanks and sincerely
heybaybee said:
So I've read that regular LineageOS updates work with "dirty flashes" but the bigger updates (between majoe Android versions) require "clean flash".
Is it possible to somehow save all the system and application settings and data between the big upgrades requiring clean flash?
Thanks and sincerely
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Boot into TWRP, select the Backup option, then select "advanced", select the data partition but do not select any other partition, swipe the slider to start the backup. When the backup finished, move the backup file to external sdcard or PC if you don't have external sdcard.
When you flash your ROM(do not store your ROM and gapps in your internal storage, store it on external, if you, don't have external, store it in your internal but don't wipe your internal when you do your wipes), wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache then flash your ROM. After the ROM finishes, while still in TWRP, you can either go ahead and restore the data backup that you created or you can reboot into system to let the ROM do its initial load then immediately power off, reboot into TWRP, select Restore, then restore the backup of your data partition and reboot the device. I would let the ROM boot then go back to TWRP and then restore the data.
Thank you sir!
Is there any downside of restoring from backup instead if setting up everything manually?
Are there any downsides of choosing one if the two options proposed by you over the other?
Sincerely
heybaybee said:
Thank you sir!
Is there any downside of restoring from backup instead if setting up everything manually?
Are there any downsides of choosing one if the two options proposed by you over the other?
Sincerely
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1) no downside, it restores all settings, apps and app data to exactly what you had before flashing the update.
2) no downsides, it is just that letting the ROM boot first then going back and restoring the backup reduces chances of things being buggy after the update.
I recommend that you boot into TWRP, select Backup and make a full backup of everything except for internal storage. Then, when you flash your ROM then let it boot then go back to TWRP, select Restore, then select "advanced restore" then select only the data partition and none of the others(this will restore only the data partition from the backup and not the others), then swipe the slider to start the restore process then reboot the device.
The reason I say to create a full backup of everything is so that you have a working backup to restore if something goes wrong with the update process. It gives you a restore point to go back to so you can troubleshoot what went wrong then try again. And if everything goes right with the update, you won't need to restore the whole backup, you can just do the advanced restore and restore only the data partition and then you should be where you want to be.
I don't know if this will backup and restore your SMS/MMS text messages, you may need to backup/restore those via one of the SMS backup and restore apps in the PlayStore, there are several that can do this.
Thank you again.
Does this backup work for migration between any custom ROMs let's say from LineageOS to PixelExperience or only between versions of the same ROM like from Lineage 18 to 19?
Is it possible to migrate the same set of settings and data from stock ROM with locked bootloader to a custom ROM?
Sincerely