Question about upgrading from Lollipop to Marshmallow. - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When Marshmallow is released Monday and downloadable. Is there a way to upgrade my N5 without loosing my storage data?

Are you bone stock? If so it will be pushed ota and won't affect your data. If not, back up first with something like titanium backup and restore after upgrading
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Yup bone stock

Just wondering if I dl it. Will I have to wipe more phone or do the ~W delete and just upgrade over lollipop

Does any one know the estimated time for release tomorrow

ern88 said:
Just wondering if I dl it. Will I have to wipe more phone or do the ~W delete and just upgrade over lollipop
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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure you'd have to wipe everything if you did it that way.
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Not flashing userdata.img or the -w trick should do the trick.

ldubs said:
back up first with something like titanium backup and restore after upgrading
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If you can, I'd also run a TWRP (or other recovery) backup before upgrading, and safeguard that off the device first.
I'd also back up the "sdcard" -- One way to do that (assuming you've got adb access to your phone) is to use adb with
Code:
adb backup -f <name of backup file> -a -shared
Before restoring with TitaniumBackup, I'd make sure that you've set:
MENU > GENERAL > Preferences... > RESTORATION SETTINGS > Migrate system data [V]
As usual, when restoring across major version numbers, restoring data from XML is likely the safest, with binary ("101") restores of data being somewhat less robust.
If any of this concerns you (and it probably should) and you're running stock, then waiting for the OTA would be a prudent approach.

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Full backup?

I am rooted. There is no option in the recovery to "backup".
Any apps that will do a full-backup for me?
- KrossXC
Give it a day or two we'll have custom recoveries allowing full backups. All the apps in the market will back up data but not the actual stock system apps.
Aridon said:
Give it a day or two we'll have custom recoveries allowing full backups. All the apps in the market will back up data but not the actual stock system apps.
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Titanium Backup is able to backup ALL applications and data, EVEN SYSTEM apps and data.
Titanium Backup for apps/data and My Backup Pro for texts, contacts, data will get almost all data that can be saved on the phone.
It isn't a FULL BACKUP such as a Nandroid Backup, but is the closest thing we got so far.
NeonMonster said:
Titanium Backup is able to backup ALL applications and data, EVEN SYSTEM apps and data.
Titanium Backup for apps/data and My Backup Pro for texts, contacts, data will get almost all data that can be saved on the phone.
It isn't a FULL BACKUP such as a Nandroid Backup, but is the closest thing we got so far.
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From their website
"NOTE: It will not backup the system applications from your ROM. Only their settings will be backed up"
Backup? Simple...
Code:
cd backups\system
adb pull /system
cd ..\data
adb pull /data
Backup the system and data to your pc through adb.
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lithid-cm said:
Backup? Simple...
Code:
cd backups\system
adb pull /system
cd ..\data
adb pull /data
Backup the system and data to your pc through adb.
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I haven't used adb. A few questions.
I'm a developer, so I'm not too worried about technical things and command line, but are there any downsides (performance, instability) to running the adb daemon on the phone? Is it just a background service that doesn't get in the way of anything? Is it "ok" to be running the development daemon on a "production" device?
Does the device need to be "rooted?"
Thanks-
Jason
jasonsf said:
I haven't used adb. A few questions.
I'm a developer, so I'm not too worried about technical things and command line, but are there any downsides (performance, instability) to running the adb daemon on the phone? Is it just a background service that doesn't get in the way of anything? Is it "ok" to be running the development daemon on a "production" device?
Does the device need to be "rooted?"
Thanks-
Jason
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No. Yes and no.
Fixter said:
No. Yes and no.
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Short and to the point. Thanks! I'll give it a try.
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[TUT] Keep your userdata/settings/apps when using HTCDev.com Unlock!

This will allow you to easily restore all your apps and data after unlock. To start you must be rooted and have working ADB. You also must have atleast 3GB free on your sd card.
Steps:
1. Download attached zip file named dd.zip
2. Extract the zip and copy the dd file to your adb folder
3. Hook your phone up to ADB (all commands from here on out are sent w/o quotes)
4. "adb push dd /data/local/tmp"
5. "adb shell"
6. "su"
7. "cd /data/local/tmp"
8. "chmod 4755 dd"
9. "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p35 of=/sdcard/data.img" This will take awhile, don't touch your phone. When it is finished, it will say records in, records out and some other stuff
10. Mount the phone to your computer and copy the data.img from your sd card to your computer
11. Unlock
12. After the unlock, if the data.img is no longer on your SD card, put it back.
13. Install CWM if you haven't
14. Flash the restore.zip that is attached here in recovery. When it is finished, your data will be restored. Big thanks to jcjcc for the flashable
Think of this like a partial nandroid backup & restore.
Would have help if I saw this before I unlocked lol. I was like f**k where did everything go?
Thanks for helping me earlier with this. Only two of my apps were not restored when I checked, but everyone may vary. I used titanium to restore app only, not app+data since it seem data was restored properly using the above method.
This is great since it restores everything like settings too, not just user apps.
i guess that's cool, but doesn't everyone make backups before they update?
V DidDy 210 said:
i guess that's cool, but doesn't everyone make backups before they update?
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You'd think so, but I've seen a ton of people in the unlock threads complaining that their devices were wiped. Fools.
Thanks OP for the method. It looks like you're pulling the data partition in its entirety, saving it to computer, then restoring. Do you think it's a better/safer/more complete way than just using TiBu? What advantage would this method have over TiBu?
Some of the data isn't restoring properly because you're restoring the partition while the phone is running (and trying to read/write to it at the same time).
Put your .img file at /sdcard/data.img and run this script in CWM recovery to properly restore your data.img.
OP, you can add this to the first post if you'd like.
jcjcc said:
Some of the data isn't restoring properly because you're restoring the partition while the phone is running (and trying to read/write to it at the same time).
Put your .img file at /sdcard/data.img and run this script in CWM recovery to properly restore your data.img.
OP, you can add this to the first post if you'd like.
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Cwm wasn't working when I posted this originally. The intent was to restore in cwm but it had no adb access and updater scripts were borked.
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Thanks for your work!
con247 said:
Cwm wasn't working when I posted this originally. The intent was to restore in cwm but it had no adb access and updater scripts were borked.
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Yeah, there's no adb access, but updater scripts work (at least now). Thanks for the post, by the way! Everything restored 100% perfectly.
jcjcc said:
Yeah, there's no adb access, but updater scripts work (at least now). Thanks for the post, by the way! Everything restored 100% perfectly.
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Thanks for the flashable. I added it to the OP w/ credit to you. I also removed the [WIP] and [PoC] tags from the thread since it now works 100%
V DidDy 210 said:
i guess that's cool, but doesn't everyone make backups before they update?
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This backs up an identical 100% of your system: settings, data, apps, any mods you did, etc you cannot do that with any of the current normal back up.
Worked flawlessly for me, and no doubt saved me a huge hassle. Thanks!
How to root, unlock, upgrade to 1.85, and keep all your data:
Take a backup of your user data with these instructions. Then unlock (user data wiped), and relock in order to upgrade. Then install the 1.85 RUU (user data wiped again). Unlock again, use the same token (user data wiped yet again). Install CWM and then root through CWM. Finally, restore your user data according to the thread.
You'll be on 1.85, the latest, rooted and unlocked, with all your data, apps, and settings 100% intact.
jcjcc said:
How to root, unlock, upgrade to 1.85, and keep all your data:
Take a backup of your user data with these instructions. Then unlock (user data wiped), and relock in order to upgrade. Then install the 1.85 RUU (user data wiped again). Unlock again, use the same token (user data wiped yet again). Install CWM and then root through CWM. Finally, restore your user data according to the thread.
You'll be on 1.85, the latest, rooted and unlocked, with all your data, apps, and settings 100% intact.
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Did just this today, worked perfectly. Big thanks from me for this thread.
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will it work with touch recovery from DG
i can confirm this works with TWRP touch recovery!! Just did it tonight
How long is this suppose to sit at the boot animation? its just sitting here and hasnt budged from it for a good 5 minutes after restoring. kinda seems like its bootlooped. the first time it sat there that long i just rebooted and wiped all the data and it started right up.
They say it's deletes all user data for security reason. I wonder what kind of security they are talking about?
I know this is a basic ADB question, but I've read plenty of basic guides and troubleshooting, and no one seems to have recorded a similar issue:
If I list devices, my device shows up -- so a connection is there. It sends the dd file without error.
But when I do adb shell, it goes to the $ prompt, but then after a second or two, returns back to the regular cmd prompt. If I type 'su' quickly enough, it changes to # prompt, but same result --- returns to the regular cmd prompt after a few seconds, after which i cannot proceed with the given steps.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
Don't get it
I don't get it. I have not unlocked my phone. I wan't to backup my apps from my phone, so i could restore them later. I try to follow this guide, @ the moment I type adb shell it works, it just wont do anything su comman. It says not found. What do I do wrong? I want to unlock my phone, and keep/restore all my apps.

[Q] Upgrading to 4.4.3, couple of questions

Hey all
I wanna update to 4.4.3 but I want to wipe everything, then restore some things I want cause the battery life on my phone is pretty bad even using greenify for just about everything I can...
I'm running stock rom with Xposed and Franco kernel, I have Titanium backup pro and a backup I took with my CWM recovery.
How do I go about this? I want everything deleted with the option to restore my apps and their data ,What'sApp conversations, PvZ level progress, and my Xposed settings are the important ones.
Does the Titanium backup I have save these things? Do I need to copy tyhat backup off the phone before doing anything cause it will be deleted in the process?
Pretty sure this has been answered in one of the million duplicate threads posted yesterday. Did you read them / use search?
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Yes but most asked how to upgrade without wiping, I want to wipe everything then restore some stuff. This is my first Android upgrade so I'm a bit :?
Like restoring Xposed settings with all my modules and stuff, I have no idea how to do that.
Also, do I need to revert to the stock kernel before doing all of this? I'm a bit scared of all this.
Titanium backup is your best bet for backup / restore. Don't wipe your sdcard.
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Well went ahead and downloaded factory 4.4.3, installed with flash-all and now I'm rebuilding it. Hopefully Titanium has everything I was hoping for it to have...
SonicAngel said:
Well went ahead and downloaded factory 4.4.3, installed with flash-all and now I'm rebuilding it. Hopefully Titanium has everything I was hoping for it to have...
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Doesn't "flash-all" flash userdata which wipes /sdcard?
I wouldn't ever recommend using those batch files. You only needed to:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
rootSU said:
Doesn't "flash-all" flash userdata which wipes /sdcard?
I wouldn't ever recommend using those batch files. You only needed to:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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It does which is exactly what I wanted. I wanted a complete overhaul that deletes everything, like a new phone.
I saved my TitaniumBackup folder from /sdcard to my PC and now I restored it, this is pretty much what I wanted and TB really backs up almost everything. I'm happy so far
SonicAngel said:
It does which is exactly what I wanted. I wanted a complete overhaul that deletes everything, like a new phone.
I saved my TitaniumBackup folder from /sdcard to my PC and now I restored it, this is pretty much what I wanted and TB really backs up almost everything. I'm happy so far
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Ah ok fine.
There was no benefit to wiping the /sdcard though
rootSU said:
Ah ok fine.
There was no benefit to wiping the /sdcard though
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The only benefit was that this is my first Android phone and I tried a lot of stuff before settling with what I like. That left a whole lot of mess on the phone and even in /sdcard there was a lot of crap that I have no idea what it was and weather or not it's necessary. Now I can take another look and if anything is back I know it's needed.

[Q] Restore nandroid backup

Hello Guys,
Since I totally bricked my old Nexus 5 16GB(KTU84P) I am going to get a new one. But I am thinking of getting the 32GB version this time.
Now before it got bricked I made a full nandroid back-up with the help of the Nexus Root Toolkit and TWRP.
Now here are a few (stupid) questions:
~Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from one phone to another and even in this case a "different" version of the phone?
(I've skipped over this thread real fast http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728266 which says it is possible for phones of the same model)
~If it is possible how should it be done?
~And well if the first question isn't possible, is there a way to read out out the created back-up files which TWRP created and manually restore them(preferable the data partition)
I hope you guys can help me out
Kind regards
Yes, you can do it. Just make sure you're not restoring the efs partition or you'll have another brick on your hands.
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Also don't use toolkits next time. Please use the manual methods which are better, safer and teach you the basis you need to recover.
All guides and info threads can be found in general > sticky roll-up thread
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When you run into issues, as many do after nandroid restoring from one device to another... Wiping and Flashing stock with fastboot is the Fix.
Thought I'd cover that up front. ?
jd1639 said:
Yes, you can do it. Just make sure you're not restoring the efs partition or you'll have another brick on your hands.
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rootSU said:
Also don't use toolkits next time. Please use the manual methods which are better, safer and teach you the basis you need to recover.
All guides and info threads can be found in general > sticky roll-up thread
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Hey guys sorry I didn't answer immediately, but after I saw the posts I immediately ordered a new Nexus 5 (32GB this time). I got it delivered today and like you said I've done the unlocking, custom recovery and rooting manually this time instead of using a toolkit. Which was to be honest way easier than I thought but also way faster than using a toolkit.
But now I've kinda run into a other 'problem'
When I restore my previous made backup (the one from the bricked phone) I first of all only get the options to restore the 'system' partition and the 'data' partition (which is totally fine cause those are the only ones I actually need).
But when I restore the system partition a lot of apps crash on default(It is basically bricked then), and even when I just restore the data partition the same thing happens. (To be completely fair this problem might come from the fact that I used the MD5 verification option when I made the backup but I can't really remember that. but some of my backup files end with the .MD5 extension) Saying this I also used the restore option with check MD5 verification, but needless to say I get the message that they verifications don't match.
So here are a few questions again.
~Like I said before I only really care about the 'data' partition, Is there an option that I still can use TWRP to restore it properly?
~If the above is not possible is there a manual way to read out the made backup file using a program like 'Ext2Explore'(This crashes though when I open the file)
Or did I just completely screw up by checking the MD5 verification?
Once again kind regards
p.s. If the problem isn't clear tell me and and I'll try to explain it in a different way
You missed quote from post #4. ?
I believe that with a new device.... It should be a clean start. And I read post after post in different device sections of issues from restoring from other devices.
And so I never recommend it. It can, possibly, bring lots of issues.
But to each their own.
Good luck. ?
KJ said:
You missed quote from post #4. ?
I believe that with a new device.... It should be a clean start. And I read post after post in different device sections of issues from restoring from other devices.
And so I never recommend it. It can, possibly, bring lots of issues.
But to each their own.
Good luck. ?
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Ohh right, sorry I completely read over your post my bad. But then again If I have to wipe the device wouldn't that totally remove the point of restoring the data partition ? or is the wipe command just for the system partition?
sambo940 said:
Ohh right, sorry I completely read over your post my bad. But then again If I have to wipe the device wouldn't that totally remove the point of restoring the data partition ? or is the wipe command just for the system partition?
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What I'm getting at, is don't restore the data partition. You can try, but I often read of lots of issues doing it.
Yes, I implied wipe the device clean. Flash stock. Start fresh.
Now if you had a titanium backup of user apps on your pc... I'd say you'd have a much easier time restoring that to the new phone.
Just my 2 cents of course.
KJ said:
What I'm getting at, is don't restore the data partition. You can try, but I often read of lots of issues doing it.
Yes, I implied wipe the device clean. Flash stock. Start fresh.
Now if you had a titanium backup of user apps on your pc... I'd say you'd have a much easier time restoring that to the new phone.
Just my 2 cents of course.
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I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.
sambo940 said:
I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.
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The pictures are gone. A nandroid doesn't back those up or anything on the internal sdcard
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jd1639 said:
The pictures are gone. A nandroid doesn't back those up or anything on the internal sdcard
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Well that certainly is a bummer, and also very misleading from the nexus toolkit. From now on I shall back-up my phone more properly and well stop using those darn toolkits,
Thank you for your time.
sambo940 said:
Well that certainly is a bummer, and also very misleading from the nexus toolkit. From now on I shall back-up my phone more properly and well stop using those darn toolkits,
Thank you for your time.
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Did you make an adb backup in the tool kit? That would have your pics. But a flashable nandroid you flash in recovery would not.
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sambo940 said:
I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.
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Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.
jd1639 said:
Did you make an adb backup in the tool kit? That would have your pics. But a flashable nandroid you flash in recovery would not.
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Nope, I did not. And the ignorant person that I am just assumed that the nandroid backup would back up everything since the toolkit says "Make full Backups"
So well I guess I just have to accept the fact that I lost those things
eddiehk6 said:
Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.
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Not exactly what I was looking but I'll keep it in the back of my head in case something similar might happen in the future(lets hope not) Thanks.
Install Foldersync and set your sdcard to sync to a computer wirelessly
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eddiehk6 said:
Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.
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I am assuming that you used a tool like Android File Transfer.
So what I'm trying to do is the same thing, backup my entire old N5 32GB as I had also requested an RMA of the device. Is it accurate in stating that you want me to copy every folder that shows up on the AFT window (Note: I am using a MAC) and copy that onto a folder on my computer. Then copy over everything on the new device (bootloader unlocked, rooted, same TWRP version installed) and restore via the Nandroid backup from my old phone (which was also transferred as indicated above).
dcxgod said:
I am assuming that you used a tool like Android File Transfer.
So what I'm trying to do is the same thing, backup my entire old N5 32GB as I had also requested an RMA of the device. Is it accurate in stating that you want me to copy every folder that shows up on the AFT window (Note: I am using a MAC) and copy that onto a folder on my computer. Then copy over everything on the new device (bootloader unlocked, rooted, same TWRP version installed) and restore via the Nandroid backup from my old phone (which was also transferred as indicated above).
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I didn't use AFT, just plugged straight into PC, sorry no experience with Mac
Basically both phones were connected, and I copied the whole "/sdcard" straight from one phone to another, without making an initial copy to the PC
You want to replicate the same file structure

How do I copy an Apps data off my device?

Hey all!
I am looking to copy the app data of an HRV app that I have been using off of my Pixel 3 so I can use it elsewhere.
From what I can gather is I need SU access to do this
--> which requires me to root the device,
--> which requires me to unlock the bootloader and flash a patched image
--> which will wipe the device and delete the data I'm trying to extract?
Am I understanding this correctly? Or am I getting some detail wrong?
AM I THE CHICKEN, OR THE EGG, OR THE CHICKEN.....
Thanks in advacnce for fielding this Newbie question
I've been scratching my head for hours now as to whether I need TWRP, or Magisk..... and how I get a Nandroid backup? or Titanium? Will following the setup and steps to get this up and going result in me deleting the very data I'm looking for?
cheers,
Condorman!
iamcondorman said:
Hey all!
I am looking to copy the app data of an HRV app that I have been using off of my Pixel 3 so I can use it elsewhere.
From what I can gather is I need SU access to do this
--> which requires me to root the device,
--> which requires me to unlock the bootloader and flash a patched image
--> which will wipe the device and delete the data I'm trying to extract?
Am I understanding this correctly? Or am I getting some detail wrong?
AM I THE CHICKEN, OR THE EGG, OR THE CHICKEN.....
Thanks in advacnce for fielding this Newbie question
I've been scratching my head for hours now as to whether I need TWRP, or Magisk..... and how I get a Nandroid backup? or Titanium? Will following the setup and steps to get this up and going result in me deleting the very data I'm looking for?
cheers,
Condorman!
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You can try an adb backup. See https://gist.github.com/AnatomicJC/e773dd55ae60ab0b2d6dd2351eb977c1
I can't guarantee it will work for you, but it is pretty much your only hope without root. Forget Titanium Backup, even if you had root. TB has not been updated since 2019, and has restore problems with newer android versions. There is no TWRP for Pixel 3 Android 11.
If you do root (which will require wiping your data) look at Swift Backup. That's what I started using since TB became obsolete.
You understand correctly, and have the details right (unless the adb backup works for you).
dcarvil said:
You can try an adb backup. See https://gist.github.com/AnatomicJC/e773dd55ae60ab0b2d6dd2351eb977c1
I can't guarantee it will work for you, but it is pretty much your only hope without root. Forget Titanium Backup, even if you had root. TB has not been updated since 2019, and has restore problems with newer android versions. There is no TWRP for Pixel 3 Android 11.
If you do root (which will require wiping your data) look at Swift Backup. That's what I started using since TB became obsolete.
You understand correctly, and have the details right (unless the adb backup works for you).
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Hi dcarvil,
Thanks for the response.
I'll look at trying out that gist, although it may be that all hope is lost, I tried some similar commands that gave the '46' byte backup none file because it honored the 'allowbackup=0' app manifest directive

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