Is it normal to be asked to enter sign in info after restoring Facebook? I'd assumed one of the benefits of backing up and restoring apps was that login info would be retained... Otherwise may as well just reinstall from Play.
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Yes it is, the Facebook app doesn't play well with titanium backup. And yes you could just skip backing it up or you could backup your accounts and restore them and get what you want
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DocSoton said:
Is it normal to be asked to enter sign in info after restoring Facebook? I'd assumed one of the benefits of backing up and restoring apps was that login info would be retained... Otherwise may as well just reinstall from Play.
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Well, you've discovered that Titanium Backup is not completely bullet-proof, i.e. there are some apps that just don't play well with it. Your posting tone almost implies that Titanium Backup is now useless: .after all, you can just reinstall all your user apps from their respective play stores or other sources if you need to. Of course, backing up, freezing/removing, or restoring system apps is another story, but after all, how useful can that really be?
Having to login again is pretty minor if the rest of an apps settings and data are preserved...was that the case with Facebook?
Lol... Yeah my tone did imply that... But am finding it really useful and prob wouldn't be without it now my phone is rooted and flashed especially with all the ROM updates! Do need to get to grips with some of the other features...
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I just backed up all my apps in My Backup and for all of them I got a Market Link not found unablento connect to market error.
Im in Thundershed 1.4 rom.
Any idea why I would get this error?
I dunno but why don't you use titanium backup?
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I use both. I usually prefer to reinstall apps from my backup because titanium mixes in some (system?) apps that don't play well from one rom to another.
It seems that updating my backup fixed the problem.
It's always best to exclude system apps from your backup. If you don't back them up then you should be ok.
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My Backup does that automatically so it reduces my chances of screwing up. I do use titanium for individual apps....just don't like using its batch feature.
I don't know how some developers can write great code all night long. The later it gets the more obvious my errors are the next day.
Yea I used my backup for a while but I got tired of the errors I was getting from using it. You can filter what apps show in your batch list in tibu which makes it easier for keeping system apps out.
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I've never figured this out over several devices and many flashed roms... You'd think I would have. Is there a way to auto install all the apps I had on one rom after I re flash? I'm tired of going into the market and hunting down each and every one.
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Two words "titanium backup"! Plus if you use Google play music it backs that up too.
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Thanks, I'll mess around with titanium backup and see if I can figure it out
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Its pretty straightforward. Run a batch to backup all user apps + data. Then after installing a ROM you can run another batch to restore missing apps. I highly recommend this app.
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Its pretty straightforward. Run a batch to backup all user apps + data. Then after installing a ROM you can run another batch to restore missing apps. I highly recommend this app.
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Exactly!
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Sometimes the play store reinstalls everything for me automagically, and sometimes it doesnt. I wish i could track down the reasons behind why its so random.
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Sometimes the play store reinstalls everything for me automagically, and sometimes it doesnt. I wish i could track down the reasons behind why its so random.
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Pretty sure its in the rom. With CM10, upon first boot, there is a choice of "restore my google account to this phone" and if you tick it, it downloads all of your apps (and also wallpaper and wifi passwords, maybe more.) So as far as I can tell, some roms simply dont perform this step.
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Its pretty straightforward. Run a batch to backup all user apps + data. Then after installing a ROM you can run another batch to restore missing apps. I highly recommend this app.
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Just don't do system apps/settings. You're asking for bugs/problems backing them up and restoring them. The only exceptions are "Call Log" and "Messages(SMS & MMS)" both will be in yellow text. Don't do "Messaging" it is the actual app, not the data.
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Pretty sure its in the rom. With CM10, upon first boot, there is a choice of "restore my google account to this phone" and if you tick it, it downloads all of your apps (and also wallpaper and wifi passwords, maybe more.) So as far as I can tell, some roms simply dont perform this step.
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^^What he said. It's ROM specific.
Thanks everyone. I have had most of them automatically reappear, synced through the store, but I have a few apps that were from elsewhere, plus for some reason when going from stock to cm10,not every app appeared. Maybe because of going from an ics to a jb base?
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So I've been using Helium Backup to restore my apps when switch between ROMs and phones.
When I backup the applications, I backup the apps + data to avoid having to use bandwidth to download the appliations from the play store.
On a number of occasions, the applications that I restore have had problems. Random black boxes, incorrect colouring, and the latest was missing all text. This is something that really bothers me since I like to flash new ROMs but also like to maintain my position in games.
My question is, would it be more reliable to just back up the data and download the applications manually from the play store? Is helium not as good as titanium backup? Is there something else I should be doing?
Is there a way to resolve the issues I currently have?
I don't know helium, but titanium backup is restoring all apps and data without problems. Even a high amount...
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I don't know helium, but titanium backup is restoring all apps and data without problems. Even a high amount...
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Thank you for the tip. In fact, the most amazing thing happened. I decided to give Titanium Backup a shot. I backed up the corrupted apps and then restored them with Titanium, and to my amazement the apps were fixed! So I guess I just learned something everyone else already knew -- Titanium is a much stronger element than Helium.
I guess for anyone who has corrupted applications caused by Helium or other backup tools - give Titanium Backup a shot to see if it will correct the problem.
problem solved?
Very good.so I guess your problem is solved? If my help was helpfull, pls hit thanks button
Curious what people recommend for restoring apps/data when wiping for ROMs. I don't wipe that often and usually just let Google play automatically restore my apps after going through my initial setup, then restore my nova launcher backup.
However I was thinking about trying a few different ROMs and was wondering I'd there is a better method.
Is titanium a sound solution? Should I just make a titanium backup and unselect the auto restore during the initial set up (so it doesn't auto download apps from Google play?) Then go to Google play download titanium and restore apps/data? Is this a good way or is there better?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Titanium. Be selective with what you restore though. Only the necessities.
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Titanium. Be selective with what you restore though. Only the necessities.
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So do you recommend not having play store automatically download apps? Deselct auto restore and just download TiBackup and restoring from there.
What would you say are things to not restore?
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So do you recommend not having play store automatically download apps? Deselct auto restore and just download TiBackup and restoring from there.
What would you say are things to not restore?
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I don't have the play store automatically download my apps. It never worked right for me in the past so I just said eff it. I actually use an app called App List Backup which just makes a list of all your apps and gives you an easy way to redownload them all. I use Titanium for certain apps that have data that I don't want to lose, but that's about it nowadays. When I said be selective, I mean only restore user apps + their data and try to stay away from system things. If you start restoring all system data you can run into issues with stability. At least in the past there was always that potential. Only backup and restore things you absolutely must.
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So do you recommend not having play store automatically download apps? Deselct auto restore and just download TiBackup and restoring from there.
What would you say are things to not restore?
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I use Titanium Backup as well. If you're not sure on what not to restore, the safest thing would be to backup your apps with TiBu before you flash. Next, have Google restore the apps for you on the new ROM. Then, you can use TiBu to only restore the data for the apps you have installed (or need data for).
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I use Titanium Backup as well. If you're not sure on what not to restore, the safest thing would be to backup your apps with TiBu before you flash. Next, have Google restore the apps for you on the new ROM. Then, you can use TiBu to only restore the data for the apps you have installed (or need data for).
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This is what I do as well.
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Curious what people recommend for restoring apps/data when wiping for ROMs. I don't wipe that often and usually just let Google play automatically restore my apps after going through my initial setup, then restore my nova launcher backup.
However I was thinking about trying a few different ROMs and was wondering I'd there is a better method.
Is titanium a sound solution? Should I just make a titanium backup and unselect the auto restore during the initial set up (so it doesn't auto download apps from Google play?) Then go to Google play download titanium and restore apps/data? Is this a good way or is there better?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Titanium. Backup all user apps+data. Restore all the same way. Redownloading anything is a waste of bandwidth.
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Titanium. Backup all user apps+data. Restore all the same way. Redownloading anything is a waste of bandwidth.
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That's what I tried and seemed to work well. However the one "system app" I backed up was Hangouts in order to retain my SMS/MMS. I can restore it via TiB, however after the restore is complete TiB asks me to reboot, which I do, and upon reboot, the messages are no longer in hangouts. Any suggestion?
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That's what I tried and seemed to work well. However the one "system app" I backed up was Hangouts in order to retain my SMS/MMS. I can restore it via TiB, however after the restore is complete TiB asks me to reboot, which I do, and upon reboot, the messages are no longer in hangouts. Any suggestion?
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I don't think that SMS/MMS are part of the Hangout app, but stored in a database at another location on your phone. Titanium has a SMS backup option (in the app list). I've never used it, so I don't know if it works with 4.4. But if it doesn't, there are plenty of apps that can.
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That's what I tried and seemed to work well. However the one "system app" I backed up was Hangouts in order to retain my SMS/MMS. I can restore it via TiB, however after the restore is complete TiB asks me to reboot, which I do, and upon reboot, the messages are no longer in hangouts. Any suggestion?
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As Aerowinder stated, SMS/MMS are not actually part of Hangouts data, but are stored elsewhere. I believe there are two options to backup SMS/MMS data, but I've only used one, and it's worked every single time without fail. In TiBu, hit MENU on the top right. Then, scroll down where it says "Backup data to XML..." under Special Backup/Restore. It'll then give you the option to backup up your messages (SMS/MMS), Call log, or WiFi APs.
The other option is in the apps list under Backup/Restore like Aerowinder stated as well. I've never gone this route, but I'd imagine it works in the same way as it does through the Menu option. I think it even backs it up in XML format as well.
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As Aerowinder stated, SMS/MMS are not actually part of Hangouts data, but are stored elsewhere. I believe there are two options to backup SMS/MMS data, but I've only used one, and it's worked every single time without fail. In TiBu, hit MENU on the top right. Then, scroll down where it says "Backup data to XML..." under Special Backup/Restore. It'll then give you the option to backup up your messages (SMS/MMS), Call log, or WiFi APs.
The other option is in the apps list under Backup/Restore like Aerowinder stated as well. I've never gone this route, but I'd imagine it works in the same way as it does through the Menu option. I think it even backs it up in XML format as well.
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Awesome! Great tip. I remember when restoring from "full back ups" it prompts me if I want to restore from Snapshot or XML, and says snapshot is more accurate. Do you know if there is a similar feature w/ snapshot?
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Awesome! Great tip. I remember when restoring from "full back ups" it prompts me if I want to restore from Snapshot or XML, and says snapshot is more accurate. Do you know if there is a similar feature w/ snapshot?
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Hmm. I'm not sure about snapshot. I believe when you go to back it up, it gives you a choice of format to back it up as. If I remember correctly, the reason I chose XML is because it said it was more compatible/universal or something like that. Either way, I've never had any issues with XML. All my messages appeared the exact same as they were before I flashed, so I always go with XML since it hasn't failed me yet. :good:
I've switched ROMs often in these past few days, and one of the few things that annoy me is that I lose my SMS every time. Is there a way to backup and restore? I thought of Titanium, but then I know it's not ideal to use Titanium after clean installs
Alex
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I've switched ROMs often in these past few days, and one of the few things that annoy me is that I lose my SMS every time. Is there a way to backup and restore? I thought of Titanium, but then I know it's not ideal to use Titanium after clean installs
Alex
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I've always used this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
Saves SMS messages to an xml file on the device.
surrealjam said:
I've always used this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
Saves SMS messages to an xml file on the device.
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Looks to be exactly what I was after!
I should have thought to look around in the play store, I just never believed there would be a dedicated app for that.
Thanks for the help!
Alex
Titanium works great... I restore all my SMS and MMS all the time when flashing new ROMs. Never had an issue.
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There's no problem using titanium on clean installs but the onus is on the user to understand the difference between data/app data, system/app data and why clean installs are required in the first place.
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Titanium backup has an option in the menu to back up sms/mms to xml. Much cleaner than contact/phone data in normal backup options on there
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Yeah, careful who you listen to. Lol
Titanium backup is an amazing tool for flashers.
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Never had a problem restoring SMS/MMS from Titanium...
try Hover Chat ... it offers message backup and has a preety nice pop-up window for messages - I find that very useful
I use the PRO versions ( more skins )
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninja.sms.promo
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There's no problem using titanium on clean installs but the onus is on the user to understand the difference between data/app data, system/app data and why clean installs are required in the first place.
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Is that why on some roms the phone process FCs when I use titanium to restore sms/mms? I've been using titanium for quite a while now and experience this from time to time, but never took the time to look into it. The only thing that resolves the problem is throwing the phone into airplane mode and clearing the phone data I had just restored.
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Is that why on some roms the phone process FCs when I use titanium to restore sms/mms? I've been using titanium for quite a while now and experience this from time to time, but never took the time to look into it. The only thing that resolves the problem is throwing the phone into airplane mode and clearing the phone data I had just restored.
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Yes I would suspect so.
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