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Titanium Backup help

Hey guys i need some help, i want to install a fresh rom and just want to restore my Texts(sms) and contacts, any idea how to ? i try restoring SMS but it never comes back, but if i do the whole restore, i get my texts back
Thanks, BTW i got the pro Version

The trick is to find the CORRECT file(s) to restore. For example, I use Handcent for SMS. So I restore the Handcent app & data and then all of my SMS comes back.
Note: in order for you to see your contacts after restoring them, you need to reboot. (At least I do!)

rfarrah said:
The trick is to find the CORRECT file(s) to restore. For example, I use Handcent for SMS. So I restore the Handcent app & data and then all of my SMS comes back.
Note: in order for you to see your contacts after restoring them, you need to reboot. (At least I do!)
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I found soothing related to SMS but after restoring it and rebooting. It doesn't come back

Diamond_dawg said:
I found soothing related to SMS but after restoring it and rebooting. It doesn't come back
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Keep looking. You haven't found the correct file.

Diamond_dawg said:
I found soothing related to SMS but after restoring it and rebooting. It doesn't come back
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Have you tried restoring the mms.apk data? I know you need that file to send sms so maybe they are stored there. If you type contacts into the edit field it should bring it 3 or 4 .com options restore data in the first or second one and reboot and your contacts should be there,j just did on my girlfriends transform but cant remember which one I restored get contacts with.
For the future it is easier to export your contacts to your sd card and download gosms to backup your sms
Sent From My Epic Bonsai Tree

jaronow said:
Have you tried restoring the mms.apk data? I know you need that file to send sms so maybe they are stored there. If you type contacts into the edit field it should bring it 3 or 4 .com options restore data in the first or second one and reboot and your contacts should be there,j just did on my girlfriends transform but cant remember which one I restored get contacts with.
For the future it is easier to export your contacts to your sd card and download gosms to backup your sms
Sent From My Epic Bonsai Tree
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I'll try that and let's hope it's the right file.

Error while restoring whatsapp messages.

I am usingSamsung Galaxy Y pro Duos. GT 5512.
To install Whatsapp+ I had to uninstall whatsapp. I am not able to install Whatsapp+ (and Yes I am installing GB variant of Whatsapp+). It shows "Application not installed".
Now when I have installed original Whatsapp. I am asked to restore from the backup. When I tap on restore, it Crashes at 84% and shows a error. I don't want to lose the backup.
PS1: I have managed to solve the crashing problem' see the solution in the posts down.
PS2: I am still unable to get Whatsapp+ installed. It says "Application not Installed. Can anybody help in this regard?

It's advised to restore to the same backed-up version of Whatsapp

shikhar623 said:
I am usingSamsung Galaxy Y pro Duos. GT 5512.
I had to uninstall whatsapp. Now when I have installed it, I am asked to restore from the backup. When I tap on restore, it stops at 84% and shows a error. I don't want to lose the backup.
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Try to uninstall Whatsapp & install once again, or if you prefer to check older versions: http://whatsapp-messenger.en.uptodown.com/android/old
It it doesn't help- leave only the latest backup file + 'msgstire.db.crypt' in the 'Database' folder of whatsapp. Other option is to check if you got
several whatsapp folders stored in device's external/internal storage, and leaving the newest one

shikhar623 said:
I am usingSamsung Galaxy Y pro Duos. GT 5512.
I had to uninstall whatsapp. Now when I have installed it, I am asked to restore from the backup. When I tap on restore, it stops at 84% and shows a error. I don't want to lose the backup.
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It's advised to restore to the same backed-up version of Whatsapp
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Hi,
This issue is interesting and I have been looking for options, so you can solve your problem. If the problem is the version, as sasan_blue says, you can go to the Aptoide web, and search the old versions of whatsapp there. I was able of download different versions of whatsapp on my PC from that web.
I can't paste urls...
EDITED: Sorry, I was writing this thread while amirTor gives his answer. The English is not my language mother and take long to write. I think is best the amirTor solution.
Saludos

Thanks Guys. I got it solved by completely uninstalling whatsapp using Titanium backup app, and installing it again. It was a problem of incomplete uninstallation. (I had rebooted the device before the uninstall process finished). The problem persisted because I have been uninstalling using regular method. Also it was not a problem of a corrupted backup in my case( as I had thought).

PS. I had installed an older version too. It asked me to check my date settings. it didn't peroceed any further. I guess it was becoz of the outdated version.

HI, i have installed and rstored whatsapp a million times or so, when flashing and switching between roms. last night i tried something funny, and it cost me tooo much.
I tried to install whatsapp for another number(my phone is dual sim), while sms verification was happening, it got registered via my previously registered whatsapp no. Now even after i deleted the new no. account,i am still not able to get my old account back. when i give my old number, it doesn ask for sms verification, and goes to local backup directly, but fails there and throws error. on the other hand, i can verify the account, but cannot restore all my messages.
Please help, as my msgs are quite important..!
il hit the thanks button..!

srinikethan1392 said:
HI, i have installed and rstored whatsapp a million times or so, when flashing and switching between roms. last night i tried something funny, and it cost me tooo much.
I tried to install whatsapp for another number(my phone is dual sim), while sms verification was happening, it got registered via my previously registered whatsapp no. Now even after i deleted the new no. account,i am still not able to get my old account back. when i give my old number, it doesn ask for sms verification, and goes to local backup directly, but fails there and throws error. on the other hand, i can verify the account, but cannot restore all my messages.
Please help, as my msgs are quite important..!
il hit the thanks button..!
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You can solve this problem by registering your new number again and restoring your old number's chats.
Once you are able to restore your old number's chat by registering on the new number. You can now change the number officially by using the 'change number' feature in the WA settings.
See if this trick works for you.
Good luck.

shikhar623 said:
You can solve this problem by registering your new number again and restoring your old number's chats.
Once you are able to restore your old number's chat by registering on the new number. You can now change the number officially by using the 'change number' feature in the WA settings.
See if this trick works for you.
Good luck.
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Hey thanks for the response,
Things arent way the its supposed to...even if im trying to sign up using another account, still the verification is not being done and whern restoring is trying to happen, it force closes or shows a message that it cannot restore msgs in the server
if u know any solution please let me know, its pretty annoying without whatsapp for a week and i need those old messages..its pretty important.
I have done flashing roms a 100 times and never faced this issues, and now it aint going at all..

Ok. copy the backup database some where safe.
Delete your new number account ( from within the WA account settings)
Remove the WA using titanium backup. (you need to be rooted for TB to work)
Reinstall the WA.
See if you are able to register your new number.

Use WhatsApp recovery app to restore you account information, the tool is available free of cost.

If no chats are being restored while reinstalling Whatsapp and you want to restore from a local backup... Try to uninstall and reinstall Whatapp and simply take a local backup of the empty chats and copy the entire filename (Ex: msgstore.db.crypt12) and delete this backup file.. Now paste the backup file from where you want to restore the chats in the Whatsapp databases folder and rename it with the name that was copied from latest backup file (msgstore.db.crypt12).
Clear WhatsApp data (from Settings -> Apps-> WhatsApp-> Clear Data). When you launch Whatsapp now, it will prompt again for the verification details etc. Skip the google drive step and Whatsapp will restore all your chats from your desired local backup. But please make sure you have lot of free space on your device. I cleared about 3gb of data from device memory in order to get this working.
It worked for me when I finally was about to give up after trying for 3 days..

shikhar623 said:
I am usingSamsung Galaxy Y pro Duos. GT 5512.
To install Whatsapp+ I had to uninstall whatsapp. I am not able to install Whatsapp+ (and Yes I am installing GB variant of Whatsapp+). It shows "Application not installed".
Now when I have installed original Whatsapp. I am asked to restore from the backup. When I tap on restore, it Crashes at 84% and shows a error. I don't want to lose the backup.
PS1: I have managed to solve the crashing problem' see the solution in the posts down.
PS2: I am still unable to get Whatsapp+ installed. It says "Application not Installed. Can anybody help in this regard?
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Hello, i'm having exactly the same problem in the same place (84%), I have not rooted my phone what makes impossible the solution with titanium. Any Ideas?
The backup folder has a lot of directories, should i delete some of them?
app_download_internal
app_minidumps
app_textures
app_webview
cache
code_cache
databases
files
lib
no_backup
shaders
shared_prefs
is there any log to check the error messages?
thank you.
Nelson
PS1. Erasing some directories, now i can get the 97%

unable to restore whatsapp messages
i switched to a new phone. I copied whatsapp folders- Databasse and media to the laptop. The database file has correct name as suggested by whatsapp faq- msgstore.db.crypt and it is version 12 only. But when i install whatsapp it does not take that local backup and asks to check google drive. I don't have backu on google drive. Later i tried new idea- I disconnected internet after verifification of mobile number and yes so it prompted - >backup found- Restore> i tapped restore, but still my chats didn't backedup, the restore processing also did not took lace, i turned on internet after tapping restore. what's the matter? please help. I have some really important stuff. You all are tech enthusiast here. i hope you can help me in this minor problem. I have local Backup, i have mobile, i have aplication. What else is needed??
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Sweetz123 said:
If no chats are being restored while reinstalling Whatsapp and you want to restore from a local backup... Try to uninstall and reinstall Whatapp and simply take a local backup of the empty chats and copy the entire filename (Ex: msgstore.db.crypt12) and delete this backup file.. Now paste the backup file from where you want to restore the chats in the Whatsapp databases folder and rename it with the name that was copied from latest backup file (msgstore.db.crypt12).
Clear WhatsApp data (from Settings -> Apps-> WhatsApp-> Clear Data). When you launch Whatsapp now, it will prompt again for the verification details etc. Skip the google drive step and Whatsapp will restore all your chats from your desired local backup. But please make sure you have lot of free space on your device. I cleared about 3gb of data from device memory in order to get this working.
It worked for me when I finally was about to give up after trying for 3 days..
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hi! can you please help me. I am unable to restore chats. when i ta skip for google drive ption it directly takes me to enter name screen and then empty chats apear(only groups in which i am added). it does not restore from local backup. Only once when i turned off internet, it tried to restore as it found 1.6 GB local backup but soon it cancelled the procedure as i turned on internet during the restoring(whatsapp told to turn on internet) and later it came on screen that 0 message restored also google drive option returns after turning on internet. please help. how you did it?

[Q] Is there a way to restore texts backed up from an old Sony Ericsson phone?

I backed them up using Sony Ericsson PC Suite, and they're all (random chars/numbers).txt files along with Queue.cah and folder.dat
Are there any apps which will allow me to restore these? The Android phone is running 4.2.2 Jellybean
Thanks in advance

LooieENG said:
I backed them up using Sony Ericsson PC Suite, and they're all (random chars/numbers).txt files along with Queue.cah and folder.dat
Are there any apps which will allow me to restore these? The Android phone is running 4.2.2 Jellybean
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I don't think you would be able to do this.
All you can do now is restore that backup to that Ericsson phone again and transfer the texts to your current phone via Bluetooth using some app which can send messages as .txt files.

LooieENG said:
I backed them up using Sony Ericsson PC Suite, and they're all (random chars/numbers).txt files along with Queue.cah and folder.dat
Are there any apps which will allow me to restore these? The Android phone is running 4.2.2 Jellybean
Thanks in advance
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check with your carrier. i hear that some of them keep a text log of the last thirty days.
sorry there is no app or trick to recover deleted messages.
i encourage you to install sms backup, it backs up your text messages and stores them for you. so the same problem wont happen. cheers mate

You can try install an app names SMS Backup & restore
first copy thoose backuped files to ext storage
open it and choose restore > Restore sms
it will open a directory and then you can choose which files to restore
press thanks button if it helped
It helps me a lit

GokulNC said:
I don't think you would be able to do this.
All you can do now is restore that backup to that Ericsson phone again and transfer the texts to your current phone via Bluetooth using some app which can send messages as .txt files.
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Phurkus said:
check with your carrier. i hear that some of them keep a text log of the last thirty days.
sorry there is no app or trick to recover deleted messages.
i encourage you to install sms backup, it backs up your text messages and stores them for you. so the same problem wont happen. cheers mate
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ax3n5a said:
You can try install an app names SMS Backup & restore
first copy thoose backuped files to ext storage
open it and choose restore > Restore sms
it will open a directory and then you can choose which files to restore
press thanks button if it helped
It helps me a lit
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Phurkus said:
check with your carrier. i hear that some of them keep a text log of the last thirty days.
sorry there is no app or trick to recover deleted messages.
i encourage you to install sms backup, it backs up your text messages and stores them for you. so the same problem wont happen. cheers mate
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ax3n5a said:
You can try install an app names SMS Backup & restore
first copy thoose backuped files to ext storage
open it and choose restore > Restore sms
it will open a directory and then you can choose which files to restore
press thanks button if it helped
It helps me a lit
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Thanks guys. I still have the texts. It's for my dad since I bought him an Android phone, but he would like to keep his old texts and his phone doesn't run a modern OS which allows you to backup texts normally (just crappy Sony Ericsson software)
I didn't think about trying with Bluetooth though, I will see if it's an option
Thanks.

[APPHELP] Viber backup restore

Hello! I have a viber messages backup file that i can not install back. Any solutions? I tried putting it into google drive, i tried to find some option to restore... i have no idea and its important for me to get it back because of my work messages.
If any ideas come up, feel free to post. Thanks in advance!!!

Good evening,
I have found a solution for your problem. Firstly, make sure that you have your backup placed into your phone's internal storage. Then open the Viber app (I recommend you to install the latest version, which is: 6.8.3.2), proceed to the app's settings and finally press the last option, which says "Viber Backup" (or something equivalent, because I have the Greek Version of Viber). Press the "Insert Backup File" and your chat will come back?!
Do not hesitate to ask me for further information, if you have questions.
Regards,
Apousiologos
Sent from my MLS IQ1855 using XDA Labs

How to recover lost conversation for WhatsApp?

Hello experts, I need a help to recover lost chat for WhatsApp.
Recently, I have backup the chat using the settings in the application(WhatsApp) but not in the Google Drive.
And I clear the data from the device settings to use the application with another number.
By mistake, I pressed the "RESTORE" option while I am creating the account with another number. But the application didn't restore any single chats from the previous number.
After this, I have cleared the data and creating the account with the previous number that has used in the backup. And it didn't restore any messages.
After all I have reset my device.
I can't find single chat.
And I am still using WhatsApp to connect with the people.
I am using "Galaxy Grand Duos 1" (GTI9082) uprooted,
with Android 4.2.2
I will appreciate anyone who could help me to recover the previous chats with the valid methods.
Thank you.

Hello, In file manager go to >whatsapp folder > database folder, what can you see there ?

In this folder I find some files with the names
"msgstore-YEAR-MONTH-DATE.1"

M.W. KHAN said:
In this folder I find some files with the names
"msgstore-YEAR-MONTH-DATE.1"
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yes, that one can be used to restore your messages
Your phone will store up to the last 7 days worth of local backup files (Google Drive will only have the most recent one). If you wish to restore a local backup which is not the most recent one, you will need to do the following:
In the file manager app, navigate to sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases. If your data is not stored on the SD card, you may see "internal storage" or "main storage" instead of sdcard.
Rename the backup file you wish to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12. It is possible that an earlier backup may be on an earlier protocol, such as crypt9 or crypt10. Do not change the number of the crypt extension.
Uninstall WhatsApp
Disconnect your phone from your Gmail so whatsapp wont restore online
Install WhatsApp.
Tap Restore when asked.
This will get you back the messages since that date
Relogin to your gmail when done.

Thanks for the methods. Sorry, the files are of the new chats. Not of the things I would like to recover. What I want to recover is older than a week and my device has gone reset.
Please check my post again.

M.W. KHAN said:
Thanks for the methods. Sorry, the files are of the new chats. Not of the things I would like to back up. What I want to recover is older than a week and my device has gone reset.
Please check my post again.
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restoring any backup from these will restore also the previous chats in it
lets say you restored Nov 19 2017 backup
every chat before that date will be restored

I mean my device has "hard reset" without making backup i.e. format

M.W. KHAN said:
I mean my device has "hard reset" without making backup i.e. format
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Brother I already read the thread
You can use these files to restore

Sir, thank you for your help. It doesn't restore my chats of before the reset. And some of today's messages are also gone. If I could find a valid way, I would be happy.