So I have my tablet exactly the way I want it. So what can I use to fully back up the tablet so if something happens I can restore back again?
Is that even possible?
Titanium backup
baseballfanz said:
Titanium backup
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Yeah, I have that..But it seems like it just backs up the individual programs.
Does it back up my widgets, etc so if I restore, the widgets will reload?
SGS tools kinda works for android 2.2. dont know if it works for 3.2
Do a nandroid backup from recovery (assuming you are running a custom rom). Otherwise if you flash a new rom or wipe and try to restore your launcher app the widgets wont reload. For some reason widgets are tied to an specific install and dont work when restoring them in a new rom.
a few months back i rooted and installed a rom (cyanogen9) for the first time, ive use titanium to backup my apps and setttings and seperately used myphoneexplorer to backup sms etc
im liking the look of the fallout rom, can i still easily restore apps once i switch roms?? or will the fact im changing roms cause problems?
hope that makes sense
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If you use Rom Manager then you can create a backup so that if you are unhappy with the Rom you next install or just want to go back to your previous one you can easily restore the backup and it is like a system restore point on a computer so everything will be put back to how you had it.
I did this earlier to try out Fallout, love it and dont think I'll go back to my old Rom
Edit: sorry misunderstood your question, I've restored apps with titanium and had no issue at all, but those were all on Sense based roms no idea if it would create an issue from a non Sense based rom
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You might tin into issues with some apps that might not be compatible with ICS. Better to try if it works for you.
Recording apps is fine cont try restoring system data
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Hey guys! I just bought the Galaxy S3 and I'm really loving it so far. However, it is my first Android device, so I'm still pretty new to all this rooting, flashing, ROM, etc. All I know is that rooting is similar to jailbreaking in iPhone (which I understand pretty well and use to do all the time) in that it allows you to do things you wouldn't originally been able to do. Because of that, I decided to root my Galaxy S3 following a Youtube video, which turned out really well and was pretty simple. After that, I watched another video to "flash a rom" (I think that's how you say it...) and installed CyanogenMod 10. I wanted Jelly Bean over TouchWiz ICS, so I'm liking it so far. Everything runs smoothly and that Project Butter is uh-mazing! However, I think I've noticed some bugs. For example, the camera's exposure settings don't work and every once in a while, my home button doesn't respond when I'm trying to wake it up from lock! I actually had to pull my battery out yesterday because it wouldn't respond and just froze ...Is there anyway that I can fix this? My Dolphin Browser doesn't play flash anymore too, but that's a little fine with me, since the stock browser is able to. And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
Sorry for making this post so lengthy! I'm just really excited and curious about how all of this works. It's definitely a lot more complex (but a ton more fun and interesting! ) than just jailbreaking an iPhone. I've looked around the forum and have read some 101 Basics, but it's still quite a lot to understand all in one day. Anyways, if anyone can please provide some feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! :laugh:
I was using SynergyRom v1.7 for a few days but was really laggy on my device. Ive since switch over to CleanRom 2.0 SP1 running CleanKernel 1.0, using CWM 6.0.1.0 recovery, and so far seems to be running alot smoother and faster than Synergy. The only problem ive found with it is the Rom comes with the cpu set up to 1.9 Ghz even when I have it set at 1.5 on SetCPU, and if im putting a heavy load on my device, the back gets pretty warm. There is a post I remember seein something about that issue but cant find it.
If you would like to give this ROM a try, you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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fr8cture said:
The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?
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So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?
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I'm not using cm 10 anymore but try waking it with the power button, I'm currently using paranoid android and don't have the problem and its based off cm10
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And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
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welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!
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welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.
an IMEI is a code unique to your device that allows your phone to be identified by your provider. Without it you won't have a phone signal nor data. You should back it up as it has been reported that rarely users can lose their IMEI upon flashing a rom.
The devs have been hard at work at learning what triggers this to happen and ways we can get rid of the problem altogether but until then, it's wise to backup the IMEI and save the backups in a safe place.
Most have lost their Imei when flashing aosp roms but not all. Some have reported it with touchwiz roms as well.
The are 3different methods to back it up though not 100% .
All are featured in development section.
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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International Mobile Equipment Identity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
nighthawk34691 said:
CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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How's the new rom? And if I want to install this new rom, do I just do the same thing I did with CM10 (flash, backup, recovery, etc.)?
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Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.
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Where is everything backed up to? Like say I want to flash a bunch of roms, and later decide to go back to my stock rom, what do I do?
All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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Ahhh ok. So I'm pretty sure that I did a nandroid backup. So if I want to go back to my old rom, do I just reboot into recovery and click restore or something like that?
That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!
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That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!
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Oh ok. But if flash the stock rom, will it wipe my phone clean, or will I stay rooted? And do roms take up a lot of storage? I had quite a lot of free space, but after CM10 I lost about 1-2 gb I think.
Yes, roms do take up alot of storage, so its a good idea to put the zip files on your external sd card to keep your internal as free as possible, especially if you have multiple roms that your playing around with. As far as flashing stock, if you mean restoring your stock rom from a backup in recovery mode, then the answer is yes to staying rooted, and no to wiping it clean. It will be in the same state that your phone was in when you made the backup. However, if you flash on an original stock rom it can unroot you and wipe everything depending on how its flashed in. This method really should only need to be done if a backup was not made of your stock rom, or if you have bricked your device in some manner.
Oh okay. So I should be fine then. Which rom do you recommend for this S3? I'm trying to find one that is really stable and is hopefully jelly bean. I'm looking at CleanRom right now, because I like how it incorporates some touchwiz, but I think it's ICS?
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I have a rooted One S running Klin's Unofficial AOKP JellyBean Build 2 [9/19/12].
I have downloaded but have yet to use Titanium Backup. But I regularly back up all my system, data and settings with TWRP2.2
My question is what benefits would running a Titanium back up give me over the recovery?
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You can backup or restore apps or their data one at a time with TiB
OK. Not sure why I would want to do that at the moment. I dare say there might be an occaision when I will, but it doesn't seem like a huge advantage. TRWP is just so easy to use.
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OK. Not sure why I would want to do that at the moment. I dare say there might be an occaision when I will, but it doesn't seem like a huge advantage. TRWP is just so easy to use.
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They dont really do the same thing as your recovery takes a backup of your whole ROM and your apps and settings. TiB is more granular and also cannot backup your ROM. You could compare them to PC stuff, then TWRP or CWM backups are like a whole disk image like what you can get with Symantec Ghost. You could restore this after your OS is completely broken and quickly be up and running again like you never downloaded that addon to see who has blocked you on MSN Messenger. A TiB style backup wouldnt help you then but it would be good to have a TiB style backup of WoW with all your addons, settings and goldfarming bots ready to go after you reinstalled Windows.
OK that makes much more sense. I'll give it a go. I have flashed four or five ROMs over the last few days and have noticed a twrp restore doesn't get things back exactly as I'd like them.
Thanks again
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OK that makes much more sense. I'll give it a go. I have flashed four or five ROMs over the last few days and have noticed a twrp restore doesn't get things back exactly as I'd like them.
Thanks again
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The only thing I use TiB for personally is to backup, uninstall and restore Swiftkey3 so it doesn't have to be setup again at every reboot, this is a jellybean bug with paid apps. Maybe not present in AOKP? Also works for other paid apps and widgets acting out apparently.
Hi! I have a Samsung S2 Plus (i9105p) with 4.2.2 Stock Rom. I've flashed this package throught CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...heme-wizzedtheme-v2-0-special-i9105p-t2854609) then, after boot i see that my Settings app disappeared! I don't know how bring them back! And it's annoying if i need to wipe my data. Can someone give me the apks i need to restore my settings app? And why them disappeared? I really need it! I have 4.2.2 Jelly Bean!
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Hi! I have a Samsung S2 Plus (i9105p) with 4.2.2 Stock Rom. I've flashed this package throught CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...heme-wizzedtheme-v2-0-special-i9105p-t2854609) then, after boot i see that my Settings app disappeared! I don't know how bring them back! And it's annoying if i need to wipe my data. Can someone give me the apks i need to restore my settings app? And why them disappeared? I really need it! I have 4.2.2 Jelly Bean!
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Sometimes packages like that have been known to remove the Settings app. The only way to fix it (except factory resetting) is to flash a custom ROM, like CyanogenMod.
Wich CM can i install? Because the lastntime i've tryed it (7-8 months ago) it was really bad and buggy. Honestly i prefer the Samsung ROM.
However, can i install a new settings app? Or flash it. I need the secsettings.apk from the 4.2.2 JB Rom for i9105p. Or the only way is wipe data/factory reset? (It will wipe data and i'm scared that i can't have my settings back this way).
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Well, if I had that device, you can be sure that I'd provide you with that settings app.
However, since I don't have it, I don't know of any way to obtain that app.
By any chance did you make any sort of backup any time before this issue occurred? If so, please post it for me, as I might be able to extract the app out of that.
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