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Access my Root Backup to retrieve my contacts

hey guys i recently rooted my phone and one of the steps included me making a backup of my data. the root resulted in me losing all my contacts info and the app i used (Superbackup) did not save any of my contacts. i was wondering if there was a way i can access my backup file in order to retrieve my contacts or if there was any other method of restoring old contacts after a factory reset?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5oYW5keWFuZHkuYXBwZXh0cmFjdG9yIl0.

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hey it wont let me select my backup? do i need to set up the path for my backup (located on my sd card)?

Did you make a nand backup through CWM or TWRP? or did you use Superbackup to make your backup? If you made a nand you can use TB to retrieve contacts from it.

Now that I'm reading this again it seems like you didn't back up all of your phone only used superbackup. I this case unless superbackup can restore your contacts I'd have to say your starting fresh.
Unless maybe you used kies to back them up or have a copy on your sim card.

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i used CWM to make a nandroid backup and when i open the CWM folder for backups on my sd card i see the file Nandroid.md5..can i use Titanium Backup to restore my contacts from this file?

ryanryan007 said:
i used CWM to make a nandroid backup and when i open the CWM folder for backups on my sd card i see the file Nandroid.md5..can i use Titanium Backup to restore my contacts from this file?
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You didn't sync your contacts with your Google account?
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no, sadly i relied on superbackup to save my contacts and my sms logs however those folders are now empty. i dont think it ever saved any of my data..

ryanryan007 said:
no, sadly i relied on superbackup to save my contacts and my sms logs however those folders are now empty. i dont think it ever saved any of my data..
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Never heard of super backup. Use titanium backup and dig through your backup and pull out the contacts.
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hey guys thanks for all the help TB restored all my contacts
thanks everyone

md5 is just some kinds of verification code for the files. You should look under data or something. Either titanium backup or appextractor should work.

ryanryan007 said:
hey guys i recently rooted my phone and one of the steps included me making a backup of my data. the root resulted in me losing all my contacts info and the app i used (Superbackup) did not save any of my contacts. i was wondering if there was a way i can access my backup file in order to retrieve my contacts or if there was any other method of restoring old contacts after a factory reset?
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how did you lose anything by rooting, what steps or post did you read to root

Rooting didn't cause his problem he just doesn't know wtf he is doing by default Google backs up contacts to your Gmail or they get saved to your sim card
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Illnevertell said:
Rooting didn't cause his problem he just doesn't know wtf he is doing by default Google backs up contacts to your Gmail or they get saved to your sim card
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i know, thats why i asked him the question, but looks like hes gone until he mucks something else and posts another newb question

[Q] Problem with CWM backup files

Hi everybody,
I need help accessing backed up data of my Nexus 5. I have made several backups with CWM and I downloaded these backups as ZIPs to my desktop pc via Wifi with the Rom Manager App. Everything worked fine so i thought I was safe... big mistake. Because now I deleted the original backups from the phone, and the restore from the downloaded ZIPs is not working.
The problem is that all the ZIPs seem to be corrupted. I cannot open them for example with 7zip (sadly I didn't test that before) on my windows PC, and when I restore them in the recovery mode on the phone, CWM says: can't open (bad file). Strange is, that all the 5 downloaded ZIPs have all the exact size of 2 GB. That is unlikely, because I made these backups within several months, in my opinion the size of the backup should differ, because the data on the phone changed over time.
Can anybody tell me, how to get to the data within these ZIP files?
And why have all the CWM backups the same size? Is there something that limits this to 2 GB?
Any help is appreciated.

Jan7747 said:
Hi everybody,
I need help accessing backed up data of my Nexus 5. I have made several backups with CWM and I downloaded these backups as ZIPs to my desktop pc via Wifi with the Rom Manager App. Everything worked fine so i thought I was safe... big mistake. Because now I deleted the original backups from the phone, and the restore from the downloaded ZIPs is not working.
The problem is that all the ZIPs seem to be corrupted. I cannot open them for example with 7zip (sadly I didn't test that before) on my windows PC, and when I restore them in the recovery mode on the phone, CWM says: can't open (bad file). Strange is, that all the 5 downloaded ZIPs have all the exact size of 2 GB. That is unlikely, because I made these backups within several months, in my opinion the size of the backup should differ, because the data on the phone changed over time.
Can anybody tell me, how to get to the data within these ZIP files?
And why have all the CWM backups the same size? Is there something that limits this to 2 GB?
Any help is appreciated.
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It's better to use TWRP.

For the future OK, but that does not help me getting to my data of the existing CWM backups...
I don't need to completely restore it on the phone, it would be enough to get to the media folder, to get some pics, and maybe to the call/SMS log and WhatsApp log.

Jan7747 said:
For the future OK, but that does not help me getting to my data of the existing CWM backups...
I don't need to completely restore it on the phone, it would be enough to get to the media folder, to get some pics, and maybe to the call/SMS log and WhatsApp log.
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If you want your pics back, you won't get them from CWM backup, because nandroid backups do not backup camera pics.
Best solution is to use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger.

Whatsapp backup

Hello there
I got some serious issues on the S6 with the backup of my messages from Whatsapp.
Normally i use Helium to backup all my apps+data. Nowadays since Whatsapp has been part of Facebook this aint possible anymore.
So i went the regular way, the backup messages and then copy the whatsapp/database to the new phone after installing whatsapp (Whatsapp is ofcourse already installed on the S6)
It asks me to restore, i press yay!!!! All of the sudden it says it was unable to restore the messages.
I tried many ways, emailing, through pc etc etc with the file to my new phone.
I dont know if the file has been damaged through transfer, but normally you need to use your Sd card. Wich the S6 does not have!
Ok so i went to my girlfriend her phone and copied her backup to the S6 and tried aswell. Also doesnt work.
Anyone here with the same issue and a fix?
I really want my messages back restored but it seems impossible.
Please help! I will thank you gratefully with a Thankyou!

damitch300 said:
Hello there
I got some serious issues on the S6 with the backup of my messages from Whatsapp.
Normally i use Helium to backup all my apps+data. Nowadays since Whatsapp has been part of Facebook this aint possible anymore.
So i went the regular way, the backup messages and then copy the whatsapp/database to the new phone after installing whatsapp (Whatsapp is ofcourse already installed on the S6)
It asks me to restore, i press yay!!!! All of the sudden it says it was unable to restore the messages.
I tried many ways, emailing, through pc etc etc with the file to my new phone.
I dont know if the file has been damaged through transfer, but normally you need to use your Sd card. Wich the S6 does not have!
Ok so i went to my girlfriend her phone and copied her backup to the S6 and tried aswell. Also doesnt work.
Anyone here with the same issue and a fix?
I really want my messages back restored but it seems impossible.
Please help! I will thank you gratefully with a Thankyou!
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Have you tried copying the entire folder over?

Yes i have. Took me a while since there was 2gigs on media.
But it still says that it was unable. Somehow the file is corrupt probaly everytime.

I have copied my entire WhatsApp folder over 3 times and it's worked fine every time on my G920F. First I did it from my Galaxy S4 onto the S6, and the other 2 times were from wiping the S6 clean and starting fresh. No issues, it restores just fine.

Titanium Backup - Can't restore apps+data after flash

Hi guys, I recently just flashed CM 12.1 w/ Android 5.1.1 on my Zenfone 2.
Before doing that, I backed up my apps+data using Titanium Backup. After flashing, I transferred back the Titanium Backup folder in the internal storage where it originally was. I then re-installed Titanium Backup. Unfortunately, there's 0 apps that can be restored according to Titanium Backup. I even checked the Storage location and it even showed my backups.
Help ASAP. TIA

Install the apps before backup. It might work.
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Nevermind, just found out that my backups were corrupted. Anyways, is there anyway to restore the data of the apps instead? I dont mind re-downloading the apps again as long as I can get my data back

In the titanium backup.
One off the two zips will have you apk inside. Just open the zip and install the apk
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jnbig3 said:
Nevermind, just found out that my backups were corrupted. Anyways, is there anyway to restore the data of the apps instead? I dont mind re-downloading the apps again as long as I can get my data back
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Hi there...how did you solve the problem?
I also have the same problem...I backed everything up then flashed cyanogenmod Marshmallow 6.0.1 then after flash copied all the backup folder back to internal memory so it can be seen by Titanium backup app and still doesn't work...it doesn't see anything...although it sees the location and the files under titanium backup/preferences/Backup Settings...Backup Folder Location..but in the app I cannot see any of the apps I backed up...how can I solve the problem..please help me

i think titanium needs to be updated to the latest version. the older version somehow doesn't work and don't see the backups properly (on my stock z3c pre rooted rom). after I installed the latest version, it worked like a charm
WARNING: Titanium doesn't backup the media folder for Whatsapp nor Wechat. backup the media that you want manually before flashing. the chatlogs are backed up properly

jnbig3 said:
Nevermind, just found out that my backups were corrupted. Anyways, is there anyway to restore the data of the apps instead? I dont mind re-downloading the apps again as long as I can get my data back
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Did you ever find a solution to how to restore the app data?

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Did you ever find a solution to how to restore the app data?
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Hi Everyone
Sorry for digging up an old topic but I have a very similar situation and almost got gray hair already
Did anyone found a solution to the issue from opening post ?
Here's what I have done (and already regret it
- I was on stock 5.1.1 android for xperia z1 compact D5503
- I have installed Kingroot to remove some bloatware applications through titanium backup.
- Then I have made a backup of all applications of my interest (sms/mms, k9-mail etc.) and copied that to a folder on external sd card.
- Then I came over idea of Pre-rooted stock roms. Performed that (downgrade to 4.4.4, root, dual recovery, instal pre-rooted rom from zip).
- Installed TiBackup, copied all backups from sd to internal memory.
- Opened TiBackup - mind blown - no apps with backups.. In Preferences - Folder backups are shown.
Any ideas? Corrupted backups? That would make me very sad
Any help much appreciated.
BR
ky0q

OK,
I have solved the riddle. So easy and obvious that I didn't notice.
When I was doing all the stuff from the post above I was using sd card reader.
So to be on the safe side - i have copied all SD card content to win10 PC.
Then when I thought I was ready - copied all to 1 folder "Stuff" and then to SD card.
What I have missed was that during that process file extensions were changed. So all *.properties were now *.properties.txt and all *.bzip were *.bzip.zip and so on.
So my problem is solved. Perhaps someone else could use it too.
Best regards
ky0q

thanks a lot .. that solve my problem

Yeh, SD card to the rescue!

Helium Backup doesn't work; any other options for non-rooted devices?

I'm trying to transfer app data from my rooted Nexus 6 to my stock Galaxy S8+. The Nexus 6 is on Oreo, and the Galaxy is on Nougat. As far as I know, Helium is the only method for backing up application data without root access.
Unfortunately, out of the 24 apps that I'm trying to back up, only 11 apparently worked. And yet they would ONLY backup to internal storage. I repeatedly get an unspecified, generic error when trying to back them up to the cloud. So I was forced to use internal storage. I then transferred the carbon folder to my PC, and then copied it to my new phone, but the backups aren't recognized.
I tried rooting the Galaxy, which worked fine, but after a few hours, somehow it randomly rebooted and got stuck booting to upload mode every time no matter what I did. So I had to load download mode and restore it to stock. I was pissed, to say the least, as I had spent well over an hour restoring and setting it up. If I could, I'd just copy over my TB folder from the Nexus again, and go from there, but that's not a viable option. I'm leery of rooting it again.
And before anyone asks, yes, I checked the permissions, and they were already all enabled, storage access included. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that the app hasn't been updated since October 2016. Though one reviewer mentions that it works on Oreo just fine. Any suggestions?

Anyone?

I have tried to transfer apps and data just like what you did with Helium. I found some phone changed backup files when they were been copied from internal storage to PC. The solution was to compress them to a RAR file, then extracted it after copying to PC or new phone, so it could be recognized and restored.
The problem is some apps are "disallowed" to be backup, only part of them can be.

ypsilonn said:
I have tried to transfer apps and data just like what you did with Helium. I found some phone changed backup files when they were been copied from internal storage to PC. The solution was to compress them to a RAR file, then extracted it after copying to PC or new phone, so it could be recognized and restored.
The problem is some apps are "disallowed" to be backup, only part of them can be.
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So you compressed them on the phone, copied them to the new one, and extracted them again? Then ran Helium?

Yes. Of course you can extract it on PC and then copy to the new phone, too.
And here are other key points:
1.The USB mode must be PTP, not MTP.
2.Helium can only restore data of apps, not including apps themselves, even though it says it can. To solve this problem, you can use another backup app to restore the apps to the new phone, then restore the backup files made by Helium.

ypsilonn said:
Yes. Of course you can extract it on PC and then copy to the new phone, too.
And here are other key points:
1.The USB mode must be PTP, not MTP.
2.Helium can only restore data of apps, not including apps themselves, even though it says it can. To solve this problem, you can use another backup app to restore the apps to the new phone, then restore the backup files made by Helium.
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OK, cool. I will try that out next time I have to wipe/restore my phone.