I know that this might sound like a stupid question, but how exactly do you guys manage to flash ROMS on a weekly basis? When I flash ROMS, I always have to re download everything and setup everything back to the way it was... I don't know but I've been constantly active in these forums and I always see you guys flashing the latest ROMS and other stuff... Am I missing out on something here? Is there a way where I can have things the way it was after flashing a new ROM? I'm trying to learn how to use Titanium Backup but I'm having troubles with it.
And just a side note, is it normal to check XDA every day? Like dude I always check the threads to see what cool stuff I can do with a rooted phone. It's like Facebook man, I'm on this more than that haha.
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Well, I personally don't flash that often (mainly cuz I can't spend the time to set stuff up and check for bugs and such due to school and being busy), but when I did I pretty much swear by titanium backup. I bought the pro version and now I can't imagine going back to regular. That said, there are others that do pretty much the same thing, but my favorite is TiBu. What kind of issues you having with it?
Also yes. Its perfectly normal. I check multiple times a day. Same thing, wanting to keep up with everything, and I literally read every thread in the s3 section. Its definitely better than Facebook. Lol
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I am also interested in learning how to use Titanium backup. Haven't really dived into it yet tho. But I feel the same way. I usually try and do some research about whatever I'm flashing because I usually stick with it and try not to switch roms very much. Setting up the settings I like in the roms takes to long for me to be jumping from rom to rom.
To complement using Titanium Backup, I use Nova launcher (any launcher will do actually) and I restore my homescreens with the touch of a button.
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How do you do that? Do you need the pro version for it?
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How do you do that? Do you need the pro version for it?
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Nope, you just back it up. Of course like I said, the pro version is awesome and is totally worth it. Also its cheaper through the website instead of the play store.
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I flash roms pretty much on a daily basis, and its because of titanium backup. I use it even when I'm not restoring stuff because its also how I remove bloatware that I don't need and clean up system apps. If a person only bought 1 pro version android app I would recommend it be titanium backup.
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See here's the thing that I'm confused on... I did a backup of all my apps, and I know where the folder is. Once I flash a new ROM, do I download TB and restore from there or do I flash it from recovery?
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See here's the thing that I'm confused on... I did a backup of all my apps, and I know where the folder is. Once I flash a new ROM, do I download TB and restore from there or do I flash it from recovery?
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Well both are acceptable ways since TB permits you to do either. This depends on whether you made the backup via an update.zip or just did the manual process. I prefer the manual process, so I restore using TB.
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With the help of Aroma, it makes it very easy to change ROMs for me.
I can pick only what is wanted, which saves me a lot of time removing what I consider bloat. and I use Astro to restore all my apps (personal preference)
I can install a ROM and be set up the way I want it in 5 minutes. If I know what I want, like for a TW ROM.
I haven't used AOSP in a while though, so an AOSP ROM would take some more time for me, but I personally enjoy the TW ROMs too much to change.
I've been using Nandroid Manager to manage my backups. Its by the same person that does the Online Nandroid app in the play store. I find it much more streamlined and user friendly than titanium. Restores backups faster too. It might not be as robust as titanium but it does everything I need it to. Makes flashing a snap. I nandroid my current setup, flash something new, if I like it I'll play around with it and restore my backed up apps to it. If not I just go back to my nandroid.
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With the help of Aroma, it makes it very easy to change ROMs for me.
I can pick only what is wanted, which saves me a lot of time removing what I consider bloat. and I use Astro to restore all my apps (personal preference)
I can install a ROM and be set up the way I want it in 5 minutes. If I know what I want, like for a TW ROM.
I haven't used AOSP in a while though, so an AOSP ROM would take some more time for me, but I personally enjoy the TW ROMs too much to change.
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You can do it through Astro? How? And if you do your backups, does it store the data/cache you have?
And by the way, I love your work!
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I've been using Nandroid Manager to manage my backups. Its by the same person that does the Online Nandroid app in the play store. I find it much more streamlined and user friendly than titanium. Restores backups faster too. It might not be as robust as titanium but it does everything I need it to. Makes flashing a snap. I nandroid my current setup, flash something new, if I like it I'll play around with it and restore my backed up apps to it. If not I just go back to my nandroid.
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So if you store your backups there, it'll be like a screenshot of your current homescreen (similar to doing backups in recovery)?
another vote for titanium. combined with nova launcher im able to restore my phone back to the way i want it in under 25 minutes.
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So if you store your backups there, it'll be like a screenshot of your current homescreen (similar to doing backups in recovery)?
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Yep. Just restore app+data (apex for me), launch it, and it's set up exactly as it was when you did your backup.
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Didn't know what the "create update.zip" was for and I had been wondering, so thanks for that.
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I too swear by titanium backup. I always backup/restore my apps but not system data as in my experience it can change between roms. I also click options when on main screen of titanium backup, then backup to xml and save my call log, texts, and wifi points so that I can restore them on the new rom.
Titanium backup will be your friend and always make sure you nandroid. I don't know how many times I have tried a rom and hated it within 20 minutes so I had to restore. I have been on one rom for 5 days now and I am getting the itch to try something new.
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Something to point out about TiBu: you can make flash able zips of your filters. I keep filters for user apps and useful system data (like data usage, WiFi APs). If you do it this way, you might want to remove the tibu apk that gets stuffed in as well. I remove it, because I always flash the tibu apk itself immediately after a ROM and before gapps. That way, I can restore my android ID and various services don't think I have 10 different S3s.
Another note, no matter what anyone says, you will not be back to your setup in 15 mins. You can get MOST of it restored, but there will be little things you'll need to go through. That's if you're like me, and are really picky about every little setting. Give yourself at least and hour and numerous reboots.
How do I deal with this? I guess I'm a flashaholic. 15 will get your core apps, but for everything to be perfect, 30-60 mins is ideal. Definitely don't do anything close to bed time if you rely on your alarm.
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Just a quick question, When I go from a stock ROM like xboarders to a not so stock like eaglesblood 1.8 should I not install all my data thaty I have backed up and Just restore the apps? I seem to be haveing problems with getting data after restoring with titainium
Edit: on closer inspection it was working till I reset then I lost my epc.tmobile.com I tried to configure it manually to the way it was set with my original rom but it wont let me I am really starting to get annoyed because I really like this rom but it wont work and I did everything It said to do. So now I try customer service to see if they can reregister me on the network. If anyone has any ideas please let me know I am lost at this point
Just as a precaution, I never backup data, it only causes issues. Unless of course you about to reflash the identical rom. Otherwise just backup user apps only. Before switching roms, its good to delete your backups then redo them.
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I have restored data on mutiple roms, not to mention across multiple phones. Never have had a problem. Some of my games and there data have seen 5 different devices. Now restoring system data = NO. I'm only talking about user apps.
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If I may, I meant system data. User app data, yes. That's the only way my adw launcher will reproduce my screens.
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Id like to play around with new roms but its a pain that we always have to clear data after install, why is this? Its a pain to always have to set My phone back up.
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I think you can get titanium back up and it save everything data and apps then you can reinstall everything. It has to be the paid app the free only supports one app. I could be wrong but someone else can confirm what im saying.
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Id like to play around with new roms but its a pain that we always have to clear data after install, why is this? Its a pain to always have to set My phone back up.
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It only applies if there are framework mods or if the base firmware version is different. System app data is usually incompatible and in some cases user app data will cause issues.
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I think you can get titanium back up and it save everything data and apps then you can reinstall everything. It has to be the paid app the free only supports one app. I could be wrong but someone else can confirm what im saying.
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TiBu supports all apps backup, both paid and free.
Paid one does additional tasks like batch restore without prompting for each app and data.
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Id like to play around with new roms but its a pain that we always have to clear data after install, why is this? Its a pain to always have to set My phone back up.
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Well your JUST TRYING out a Rom, why even set your phone all the way back up......just load up the essentials and go at it, how fast is the email, how good is the network, browser speed, sound, bugs or whatever....then move on to the next Rom.
i guess some would see that as a lot of work, but if your not willing to do it.....then you will never really see what good and bad with the Rom.
Make Nandroids and Flash away. at the current moment i can swap between, Miui, Cm7, Infused 2.2.3, and even Hellraiser combos in a matter of minutes WITH ALL MY APPS AND DATA by just grabing my nandroid and flashing ( Of course you will want to know that you cant just go flashing any nandroin on top of another nandroids all willy nilly....so make your sure your current Kernel matches up with the nandroid you plan on restoring.
Hi,
I have searched for the answer but can not seem to find anyone that has asked this previously, so here goes.
Is there a way to back up my user dictionary before I flash a new rom so that I don't have to start with a blank dictionary every time I flash?
I flash new roms frequently and this would be very very very helpful for me!!!
Download "my backup root" from market. You can backup everyhing with that.
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Wrong section. You should know, considering that you flash a lot of roms.
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Download "my backup root" from market. You can backup everyhing with that.
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Thanks, I'm backing up as I type. I have tried Titanium for backup, but I know that it causes FC problems when you restore. Does backing up with this app have the same problems?
I have used this for a while now. I have had no problems as of yet. Maybe just lucky.
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Wrong section. You should know, considering that you flash a lot of roms.
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Sorry, I just figured that this would be the best place to ask the question considering the fact that the people who view this thread have probably had the same problem at some point since it is extremely annoying to start the dictionary over every time. I apologize for a wrongly placed post. I am pretty new, and will know better next time.
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Sorry, I just figured that this would be the best place to ask the question considering the fact that the people who view this thread have probably had the same problem at some point since it is extremely annoying to start the dictionary over every time. I apologize for a wrongly placed post. I am pretty new, and will know better next time.
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Yeah it happens a lot here and people will start bashing on you lol.
Anyways, I always use titanium backup. Any app will give you a force close if you restore incorrectly. For example, if switching over to a different rom like from froyo to gingerbread, it's usually best to start fresh by restoring the app without data. But if you're just updating, you don't need to do anything.
I experienced a lot of force closes when i went from infused 2.2.3 to MIUI. So I had to start fresh.
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Yeah it happens a lot here and people will start bashing on you lol.
Anyways, I always use titanium backup. Any app will give you a force close if you restore incorrectly. For example, if switching over to a different rom like from froyo to gingerbread, it's usually best to start fresh by restoring the app without data. But if you're just updating, you don't need to do anything.
I experienced a lot of force closes when i went from infused 2.2.3 to MIUI. So I had to start fresh.
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Yea I guess it isn't really a "development" question, but I figured the people in here would be able to help me best. I mean it could have been worse... at least I didn't ask something like "how do you adjust the brightness, the screen really hurts my eyes!" or something like that haha
I am just wanting to switch from MIUI to CM7 right now, so hopefully there wont be any FC problems on this one
Q&A section this is development thread
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Edit = Titanium backup worked ... but I had to backup samsung keyboard and then restore only data
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For me "user dictionary backup" and titanium ... both wont work,
It just learns from facebook and gmail.
If anyone have solution to this ... kindly message me,
I need to backup my learned words.
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Backup up apps is no problem, but when it's time to restore, is there any way to have it auto-restore everything? The way I did it now was I started the batch restore, but had to press install-done over and over again for each app. Is there any easier way to auto-restore?
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Backup up apps is no problem, but when it's time to restore, is there any way to have it auto-restore everything? The way I did it now was I started the batch restore, but had to press install-done over and over again for each app. Is there any easier way to auto-restore?
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Did you purchase program? also if you did you need to download the purchase before running if you wiped data
I'm using the free version from the market. I'm guessing the auto-restore a feature of the paid version?
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I'm using the free version from the market. I'm guessing the auto-restore a feature of the paid version?
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yep you need to purchase
it is well worth it, there are more features with paid program that you will love if your going to be flashing roms
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yep you need to purchase
it is well worth it, there are more features with paid program that you will love if your going to be flashing roms
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done. syncing w/ dropbox now
Can also consider app2zip
It creates a flash able zip file of all your apps, no data though
Do you run any risk restoring apps and data or are you better off restoring just the apps? I thought I read somewhere it can get buggy restoring the data
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Do you run any risk restoring apps and data or are you better off restoring just the apps? I thought I read somewhere it can get buggy restoring the data
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If it's just app data, usually no problem
The problem is restoring system data
I like to be safe so that's why I opt for app2zip
I use Go Backup. In my opinion, it's much more intuitive, cleaner, and better looking than titanium. Plus, it's free
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App2zip restores app data also?
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I use Go Backup. In my opinion, it's much more intuitive, cleaner, and better looking than titanium. Plus, it's free
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that app doesn't support backup on external sd card Fail!!
Paid titanium gives great support. I bought it direct from dev and it's a powerhouse. Does everything and more than I need.
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Paid titanium gives great support. I bought it direct from dev and it's a powerhouse. Does everything and more than I need.
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Buying Titanium was one of the best purchases I ever made for my devices. Well worth the price.
I love the "sync to dropbox". Didn't play around with it more to find out what else it does but that syncing makes it well worth the price.
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I love the "sync to dropbox". Didn't play around with it more to find out what else it does but that syncing makes it well worth the price.
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I've flashed my phone so many times now, I don't know what I'd do without Titanium. Probably not flash, haha.
I was wanting to know what apps i can remove after that won't mess the phone up
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I was wanting to know what apps i can remove after that won't mess the phone up
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Stock ROM, I assume? Personally I don't use it, but if I did, the first things to go would be anything from AT&T. I don't use the email apps so I would get rid of those including Exchange app. I would then make a nandroid and then remove anything else that I didn't want/use one by one, rebooting in between each to see if the phone will still function correctly without. Then if there's problems you could just restore the nandroid with a lesson learned.
That being said, in ICS, you can disable many of the system apps in Settings->Apps->All. Just select the app you don't want and when the App Info page comes up, just select the Disable option.
You don't want to approach this haphazardly if you don't know what you're doing. Though I've never heard of someone bricking their phone by debloating their device but it can cause problems if you're not careful. Trial and error is a great teacher if you pay attention to how removing the apps affects the phone. A lot of them have no effect on the basic functions of the phone. If you have anymore questions about this or get into trouble in the process, just post here.
One more thing. Good luck and have fun! :thumbup:
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.
I suggest not removing anything. But looking at list of safe apps to remove & not removing them. But freezing them 1 at a time & making sure you didn't bork anything. Make a NanDroid 1st!
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Remove all those moto Chinese input.. If ure not Chinese of course.. Email app obviously you'll use gmail.. Like me..I use Xperia input.. So I'll remove aosp keyboard.. And default launcher because I use droid ultra launcher.. It depends.. Just back up first.. Though if u r non at&t.. I suggest jb leak 3..
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