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[Guide] Survivng a Data Wipe / Update (Reduces Force Closes, too!)

Alright, this is a guide for everyone who has come to me saying "When I update, XXX.apk force closes" or "I hate doing a wipe every time I update"
What you will need:
Computer
Backup for Root Users
Google Account
SD Card
( Yes, this is written for idiots, )
What to do:
Power on your phone
Sync your google account
Run Backup for root users
Perform a data backup (first option)
Upon completion connect the phone to PC
Mount the sd card and open BackupRoot/data
delete everything related to the system
This is providers folders, htc.android folders, anything that isn't related to an app that you have installed
You should be left with just your program folders
These are things like nl.rogro.GScriptFull, and other INSTALLED programs
Do the update, wipe your phone, ect. (Whatever you had to do)
Run Backup for root users after opening any apps that have a EULA
These are things such as "Welcome, this program does some stuff" that appear when you first start the app and prevent data from being written until they have been accepted in full
Choose Restore Data (the option to the right of the first one you used)
Sync Google account
Congratulations, you have restored.
Now Backup for Root Users is a great app, but many people do not realize that when you back up all of your data, things like calendar and Mms may be different versions. Unlike installed apps that are meant to accept data from different versions of the same app, these programs may carry the same name but may read data differently. Things like calendar do not transport well, but by syncing your account you prevent losing anything because it is all reloaded by the sync.
Note: You will lose settings for Settings and Home Screen. These cannot be prevented and are the MOST COMMON cause of issue because the code for Launcher, Rosie, and the System are CONSTANTLY being changed. It's a small price to pay...

Great Advice!!! Thanks!

nice...added to thread index

LOL! My App in a guide on xda! LOL Again! XD

blackgin said:
LOL! My App in a guide on xda! LOL Again! XD
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Ah, so you're the person behind this great app.
do you happen to have a thread/blog that explains what some of these backups do? I have a bit of a hard time decyphering some of them.

Correct me if i'm wrong regarding your tutorial twistedumbrella.
If the users are running apps2sd, shouldn't they run the second option of the backup "Backup Data2sd"?

As you requested I published an info page on my blog:
http://blackgins.wordpress.com/what-dobackup-for-root/

blackgin said:
LOL! My App in a guide on xda! LOL Again! XD
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your app can't be pimped enough!

thanks for the tip and good job blackgin for creating this app.

blackgin said:
LOL! My App in a guide on xda! LOL Again! XD
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Slightly off topic I suppose, but could you [Blackgin] give us an option when using your program (as I do) to automatically backup only the Application Data that Twisted mentions above. That would save us the step of going in and deleting all that other stuff. You could call it "Pre-Wipe Backup" or something.

stellarman said:
Slightly off topic I suppose, but could you [Blackgin] give us an option when using your program (as I do) to automatically backup only the Application Data that Twisted mentions above. That would save us the step of going in and deleting all that other stuff. You could call it "Pre-Wipe Backup" or something.
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Easier said than done. You either have to index all apps and backup relative to that list (data is often a different name than the app) or index the system and skip that data (again variable by build). Honestly it would be a little too complicated unless you have set data lists just due to the variable nature of app name to data location.

Here is 1 more addition:
suppose u r gona have a wipe & dont want to do google account sign in again but want it to be automatically signed-in @ the first boot after updating,
Grab the attachment, extract & run bat file
It will backup google account database & will restore database:
Note: Backup When Phone Is running Means not in recovery mode
&
Restore after Updating/Wiping But in Recovery Mode Even restoring as soon as u update will do....

twistedumbrella said:
Easier said than done. You either have to index all apps and backup relative to that list (data is often a different name than the app) or index the system and skip that data (again variable by build). Honestly it would be a little too complicated unless you have set data lists just due to the variable nature of app name to data location.
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Maybe it isn't so difficult, I'm trying..
EDIT: Done

So if I am on a build using aps2SD, I choose that option right? The first time nothing backed up/restored properly

For me on cyanogen build, it works also the normal apk backup..

I backed up my sms while using Cyanogen 3.4.6, and i just flash JACHero, can I restore those SMS or will I run into some errors?

twistedumbrella said:
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Run Backup for root users
Perform a data backup (first option)
....
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Run Backup for root users after opening any apps that have a EULA
These are things such as "Welcome, this program does some stuff" that appear when you first start the app and prevent data from being written until they have been accepted in full
Choose Restore Data (the option to the right of the first one you used)
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What options are there?
These are the options, see the images
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It depends on what you are using (app2sd or not) and what you want to backup..
If you want to backup data without system one, chose data-sys (or that for app2sd).. If you want a full data backup chose backup data (or that for app2sd)

Backup for root users doesn't work for me.
When I start the application the first time I click on always allow permission.
Then I click on any buttons to save and nothing.
Just a message very fast "Performing Backup..."
On SD there is a directory "BackupRoot" and inside 2 Directories "dataNoSys" and "sd".
any idea?
I'm on custom ION r1

new release
Hi everybody,
Today I ve found a upgrade of BackupForRoot!
Always better! Good work Blackgin

Defender 2 game backup/restore

Hi Everyone.
Im having some trouble with restoring Defender2 game data.
When i restore the game using Titanium backup or Mybackup initially it says its OK, Shows the correct stage achieved and such, but when im going to start a new stage, all data is gone, and i have to start from scratch. And that kinda sucks.
Is there some new high tech security to this app? Its the first time ive encountered this problem.
Tried with Froyo, Gingerbread and ICS. Same result.
I know there is hacks for this game, but that ruins it, and i dont wanna do that.
I couldnt find any other thread about this issue so i hope i dont doublepost.

I had the same issue. Thankfully I was only 50 stages in. Hopefully I won't have to do another wipe anytime soon.

Same issue here at lvl 145. No luck at all...
I have already tried backup/restore through Titanium Backup, MyBackup, extracting from Nandroid backup with Titanium Backup PRO, manually (copy/paste data files with rootexplorer) but nothing worked...
I would really appreciate if someone could help.
Oh, btw I have the same issue with Fish Predator and Battleloot Adventures.

Same problem here, at lvl 205, im really curios about this topic, i hope someone will help us, until that day i stopped playing defender 2. I cant start from the beginning

mleteng said:
Hi Everyone.
Im having some trouble with restoring Defender2 game data.
When i restore the game using Titanium backup or Mybackup initially it says its OK, Shows the correct stage achieved and such, but when im going to start a new stage, all data is gone, and i have to start from scratch. And that kinda sucks.
Is there some new high tech security to this app? Its the first time ive encountered this problem.
Tried with Froyo, Gingerbread and ICS. Same result.
I know there is hacks for this game, but that ruins it, and i dont wanna do that.
I couldnt find any other thread about this issue so i hope i dont doublepost.
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Same here!
I was at level 79 on stage 550...

I played only 20 days I was at level 70. I can not find the solution.

Same here.. I went from CM9 to a 'stock' ATT rom for my Galaxy S2 and have the same problem.
Ive tried using my old save file and changing the device id to the new one, but everytime I start it does the same thing. Shows me the current level/battle but when I hit the start button, Im back at level 1 with all my stats reset.
Been trying to get this working for two days now but theres nothing left I can think of to try.
Still works if I restore my nandroid of CM9 but I really wanted to use this new rom!! This is literally the only game I have that has this problem all because of some stupid device id code. Every other game I have all the data is in place and work just fine..

Has anyone figured out yet how to properly restore your save/game data with defender 2? I've tried Mybackuppro, Spritebackup and some other backup apps but I keep starting off at lvl 1.
Anyone has a solution/suggestion for this?
Thx in advance,
Frank

Anyone have any luck with this? I am having to send my phone in for repaid and have saved the Droidhen folder.
Does this mean it wont restore my level?
It's going to be awful to start all over again.

I have seen the latest tit.backup can save and/or modify the android id... maybe we can use this option to restore the old id,then restore the backup..
At the moment the game is not instaled on my phone, so it could be great if anyone would test it
Sent from my GT-P6810 using xda premium

Use your favorite root explorer (I used ES File Explorer).
Then go to : /data/data/com.droidhen.defender2/shared_prefs.
Copy file save3.xml and save it to another directory for backup.

Oh-Yeah!!! said:
Use your favorite root explorer (I used ES File Explorer).
Then go to : /data/data/com.droidhen.defender2/shared_prefs.
Copy file save3.xml and save it to another directory for backup.
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As has already been said that only works on the ROM you made the savegame with. If you reflash your phone, or get a new one you get a different device id and your saves no longer work.
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experienced the same problem and dint find any solution for it

really??But I don't have the same problem

Slavestate said:
As has already been said that only works on the ROM you made the savegame with. If you reflash your phone, or get a new one you get a different device id and your saves no longer work.
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I came from gb235 to gb236 then to ICS4 and have no problem using that procedure. The device id you're mentioning has no significance. Nor what defender2 version your in. If you just save the file save3.xml without trying to change any settings thru text editor, it will work. Do not try to change your setting cause it will definitely reset back to Lvl-1. I always have problem when I mess with that stuff. If you still have the ORIGINAL (save3.xml) there is still a way to go back where you left off to the game. Follow these procedure: Assuming you have saved a clean file... Simply go to the complete motion of going back to lvl-1 and finished the tutorial stage and totally complete stage 1. Then you exit the game totally. Go to your setting/application/defender2. Clear cache. Then you retrieve the save3.xml and replace the file on shared_prefs folder. Go back to the game and check. If you are still on lvl 1 then you need to clear data and clear cache again...going to the tutorial again and so on...
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Oh-Yeah!!! said:
I came from gb235 to gb236 then to ICS4 and have no problem using that procedure. The device id you're mentioning has no significance. Nor what defender2 version your in. If you just save the file save3.xml without trying to change any settings thru text editor, it will work. Do not try to change your setting cause it will definitely reset back to Lvl-1. I always have problem when I mess with that stuff. If you still have the ORIGINAL (save3.xml) there is still a way to go back where you left off to the game. Follow these procedure: Assuming you have saved a clean file... Simply go to the complete motion of going back to lvl-1 and finished the tutorial stage and totally complete stage 1. Then you exit the game totally. Go to your setting/application/defender2. Clear cache. Then you retrieve the save3.xml and replace the file on shared_prefs folder. Go back to the game and check. If you are still on lvl 1 then you need to clear data and clear cache again...going to the tutorial again and so on...
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Why can't I find this folder path? nothing for droid hen under the Data folder.
I want to back up Fish Predator saved game data and put it on my replacement Nexus 7. The current one I have has screen lifting issue.

phone must be rooted.

Update - Here is what I did.
- My phone is rooted. This is the only way this method works.
- I downloaded an app from Google Play called "Root Browser" (free version works fine). Root Browser is a file manager and text editor for rooted phones.
- I installed Root Browser on the old phone (that has the Defender 2 files) and also the new phone (that I wanted to "restore" my game play from the old phone).
- Opened Root Browser on the old phone and went into the Defender 2 folder.
Click and go into the following folders:
data
data
data (on my phone I had three layers of "data" folders. Your phone may be different)
com.droidhen.defender2
shared_prefs
There should be a file named "save3.xml"
Do NOT click the xml file, that will open the editor.
Long press save3.xml
Root Browser menu will pop up.
Select "copy"
File will automatically be placed into the apps clipboard and a "paste" icon will appear.
Click the up arrow and paste the save3.xml file to your microSD card.
Close Root Browser and power down phone.
Remove microSD card containing save3.xml file.
Place microSD card into powered-off phone to which you want to install the save3.xml file into the Defender 2 game.
Power on the new phone.
Open Root Browser.
Open the microSD directory and long press the save3.xml file. Press copy.
Open the Defender 2 folder (see above) to where you see the game's save3.xml file.
Press Root Browser's paste icon. When it says "overwrite" say "Yes."
Back out of and close Root Browser.
Open Defender 2 game. Where you were in the old phone's game should now be where you are in the new phone's game.

How to disable the stupid ATT Address Book

Just got the One X and it keeps trying to connect to the ATT Address book, how the heck do you disable it. I went to accounts and sync but see no box to uncheck

Dont worry - you are not really "signed up" yet. The app can connect only over Cellular and when it does, it asks you to Approve/Deny syncing your contacts with the ATT cloud. Deny and don't turn back The check will be grayed out.

Go to Settings - Apps - All. Scroll down to the app and tap on it. Click Disable.

The best way to disable ATT address book sync is to make a root of the phone, and then go to data/data/com.android.contacts/shared_prefs/ and edit with a notepad++ file "com.android.contacts_preferences". And change all the values from "false" to "true". It works on my Samsung Rugby Smart.

Head to the Dev Section and install a custom rom

sowa180 said:
The best way to disable ATT address book sync is to make a root of the phone, and then go to data/data/com.android.contacts/shared_prefs/ and edit with a notepad++ file "com.android.contacts_preferences". And change all the values from "false" to "true". It works on my Samsung Rugby Smart.
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Or you could just ya know... delete the system apk

rquinn19 said:
Head to the Dev Section and install a custom rom
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+1
I recommend CleanRom SE if you like sense or try DE if you want to to be a little on the wild side
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

rquinn19 said:
Head to the Dev Section and install a custom rom
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Yeah, but there's no any custom rom for my phone.
Wysyłane z mojego SAMSUNG-SGH-I847 za pomocą Tapatalk 2

Go to Settings/Apps Manager/All and find AT&T Messages. Click on it and disable.

Jeez... What he ^ said. Go to apps and hit disable. Simple as that. While your at it disable every att app you have. If you have root use titanium back up and freeze it. I don't recommend uninstalling anything unless you are 100% sure you know what the result will be. You don't need to do anything else.
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can't play my geetahr with out a geetahr string!

Hey Fellows,
I had the same issue with this stupid ATT Address Book sync problem. But now I solved it!!
You need a rooted I847, the tools "SystemApp Remover" and a file manager.
Here is my procedere:
1. Backup Contacts as a vcf on SDCARD
2. Open Systemapp Remover -> System Apps
3. Backup Contacts.apk & ContactsProvider.apk
(Its also create the odex files)
(Backups are stored in SystemAppBackup)
4. Move these 4 files into another folder
5. Copy the files from the attachment into SystemAppBackup
(files are from the Galaxy W Image 2.3.6)
6. Go Back in SystemApp Remover -> System Apps
7. Uninstall Contacts.apk & ContactsProvider.apk
8. delete the folders with a file manager
/data/data/com.android.contacts
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts
9. Go Back in SystemApp Remover -> Restore Apps
10. choose contacts.apk and than ContactsProvider.apk
(yes on system app)
11. Thats it, now you have a debranded Contacts Address Book :laugh:
dont forget to restore your contacts
Hope this helps for yours too !?
Thx for your feedback.
Cheers Newbit

Samsung Galaxy S3
I had the same annoying issue on my S3.
Even more annoying because there doesn't seem to be a 'disable' option under:
Settings > Application manager > All > AT&T Messages
(The only options are to Force stop, Clear data and Uninstall updates.)
So (while it doesn't disable it) I was able to temporarily address the nag by clearing the data and performing a Force stop. :-/

djdole said:
I had the same annoying issue on my S3.
Even more annoying because there doesn't seem to be a 'disable' option under:
Settings > Application manager > All > AT&T Messages
(The only options are to Force stop, Clear data and Uninstall updates.)
So (while it doesn't disable it) I was able to temporarily address the nag by clearing the data and performing a Force stop. :-/
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Once you uninstall the updates you can disable the app.
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Yeah but the service still runs. Annoying as f#@!
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This needs to be in the Q&A section
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newbit said:
Hey Fellows,
I had the same issue with this stupid ATT Address Book sync problem. But now I solved it!!
You need a rooted I847, the tools "SystemApp Remover" and a file manager.
Here is my procedere:
1. Backup Contacts as a vcf on SDCARD
2. Open Systemapp Remover -> System Apps
3. Backup Contacts.apk & ContactsProvider.apk
(Its also create the odex files)
(Backups are stored in SystemAppBackup)
4. Move these 4 files into another folder
5. Copy the files from the attachment into SystemAppBackup
(files are from the Galaxy W Image 2.3.6)
6. Go Back in SystemApp Remover -> System Apps
7. Uninstall Contacts.apk & ContactsProvider.apk
8. delete the folders with a file manager
/data/data/com.android.contacts
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts
9. Go Back in SystemApp Remover -> Restore Apps
10. choose contacts.apk and than ContactsProvider.apk
(yes on system app)
11. Thats it, now you have a debranded Contacts Address Book :laugh:
dont forget to restore your contacts
Hope this helps for yours too !?
Thx for your feedback.
Cheers Newbit
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I used this method to finally get mine to work. However, when I 1st tried this, I had to use CWM to recover my phone once I did step #7. It kept erroring out & wouldn't allow me to go back to the home page or show any icons, even after a reboot.
I ended up doing the steps in the following order to get it to work: 1,2,3,4,5,8,6,7,9,10,11. Doing step #8 before #6 made it so that I didn't have to exit out of SystemApp Remover during the rest of the steps. GAPPS still had some errors that I was allowed to force stop, but it didn't have any impact on the SystemApp Remover steps I was doing & went away after step #10.
BTW, I am using a stripped down (bloatware removed) version of this stock GB ROM. The "AT&T Messages" app didn't show in my app lists, so I couldn't disable it. Also, modifying the "com.android.contacts_preferences" file didn't work for me.
Thanks,
MP

Hey Fellows,
the "new" issue is that the contacts.apk ive posted are not so "nice" like the stock one.
The Logs Register shows ALL the SMS, and there is no way out of this!!
So the edit "com.android.contacts_preferences - way" from "false" to "true" doesnt work for me att all!!
The main reason for this dilemma is, that the real ATT Address Book was AND will never created by the contacts.apk
without an valid account, I guess.
Every time I changed the file, its flip back to original without any changes!!
But i ve figured it out, and here is a detailed way How to disable the stupid ATT Address Book
1. Open the com.android.contacts_preferences in Text Mode
2. Change only the REGISTRATION_COMPLETE_FLAG and the AAB_ENABLED_FLAG from "false" to "true"
3. Saving changes AND delete the just created .bak
4. Change the permissions to read only, from read&write
It should look like this in your folder!?
In princip, thats it!! But if you like, lets proof it:
1. Go into your contacts, one time over the contacts and one time over the phone icon
If nothing happens, it works, so fare so good
2. Go Into More -> Settings -> AT&T Address Book -> WoW first time there is it !!
3. Uncheck the Auto sync contacts -> hit the sync now -> Do you realy want to sync? Yes!
And remove existing contacts? No!
After a very short sync process you can try it later or maybe not!
I have the AT&A Address Book Version 1.1
4. Lets take a quick look back to preferences file -> its looks like its back to normal ->
and almost all FLAGS are "true"
My phone is Samsung Rugby I847 and the changes holds also after a reboot.
Thx for reading...
NewBit

Holà again Fellows,
here is newer, faster and much more flexible way to disable the ATT Adress Book.
Its a sed find and replace in XML file script, launched with gscript.
What you need is:
- root
- busybox
- gscript
- and the exact place where your xml file is
I named the file disableattadressbook.sh
and put in /sdcard/gscript
In this file are this code:
Code:
ZFILE="/data/data/com.android.contacts/shared_prefs/com.android.contacts_preferences.xml"
sed -i "s/REGISTRATION_COMPLETE_FLAG\" value=\"false\"/REGISTRATION_COMPLETE_FLAG\" value=\"true\"/g" $ZFILE
sed -i "s/INIT_SYNC_FLAG\" value=\"false\"/INIT_SYNC_FLAG\" value=\"true\"/g" $ZFILE
sed -i "s/AAB_ENABLED_FLAG\" value=\"false\"/AAB_ENABLED_FLAG\" value=\"true\"/g" $ZFILE
Thats it. run this script with gscript and the flaqs will change to true.
And if you like you can add or change your own values.
If you switch your simcard, its just a few clicks. Maybe you can run this script as an autorun on boot time!?
Good luck
EDIT: 26.04.2015
It turnt out, that this method is not applicable or stable on some ATT devices. Even for the I547 ATT version it is not
possible to keep the com.android.contacts_preferences.xml modified.
For those ATT devices please use this method:
- locate the feature.xml file, (maybe in /system/csc/feature.xml)
- locate the entry <CscFeature_Contact_EnableAAB>true</CscFeature_Contact_EnableAAB>
- change the true into false (i use ES file explorer)
- save and restart phone
The AT&T Address Book entry in Contacts -> Configurations is still there, but it should never pop up again for "syncing".
Cheers
Newbit

Disable
Only disable in Settings- Apps-- At&t Address Book

juantorrado said:
Only disable in Settings- Apps-- At&t Address Book
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The Disable button is greyed out in ATT stock roms. This was mentioned in the past threads. Let's not clutter the forum with useless waste.

[Q] Unninstalled some system aplications by accident in Android

Hello, i have rooted my Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) mainly with the purpose of removing the tons of bloatware my operator so kindly put on my phone.
So yesterday downloaded Titanium backup, and did the backup and removed the following applications:
Code:
- All posts 1.0
- All Share 1.1.0
- Apoio a Cliente 1.0 (Custumer support)
- Google Talk 1.3
- Music Shop 5.0.15
- Social Hub 1.00.10.101
- Thinkfree Office 2.0.110222
The problem with unninstalling this was that a few system applications got unninstalled aswell, and even after recuperating all of the above programs with my backup they appear as uninstalled:
Code:
- com.android.audioTuning
- com.broadcom.bt.app
- com.sec.android.appGpsSetup2
- com.sec.android.app.samsungapps.una
- com.sec.app.OmaCP
- com.wipereceiver
- pl.com.samsung
My questions are as follow:
1) Is any of the files that got unninstalled accidentally important? And if so, how can i recuperate them.
2) How do i know exactly what i am unnisntaling in the future so i dont get any more surprises
Thank you in advance,
dpkPT

if any of your Frnds are using the same mobile with same os . First root that. Mobile and install titanium backup pro From black mart. And backup all the things you unfortunately deleted and send that backup files to your mobile via bluetooth and you also install that titanium backup pro . If you install titanium backup pro a folder will be created and move that files to that folder and install it . To solve this in future backup all the items using titanium backup pro
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i had thought of getting those files of some other phone. But the only friend that also has an Ace is a diferent model (s5839i wich uses andrid 2.3.6) than mine ( s5830 android 2.3.5). Will the files be compatible?

anyone?

I wouldn't install system files from a different version. You can hunt around and try to find a factory image for your model and use Odin to flash it. Then, start from scratch. Or, if there are any custom ROM's available for your phone, flash that and you won't have to worry about the system files. Rule of thumb for next time..if you don't know what it is, you probably shouldn't delete it!

In addition to that. One of the beauty things with Titanium Backup Pro is that you can "Freeze" apps to see if there is any detrimental effects by not having the run. If so, then you can "defrost" them. When in doubt, don't uninstall no matter how much you think it is bloat.
I am asking another RC to come in here that owns an Ace and see if he can help you. Could take a little time as he is on the other side of the world from me.

lowandbehold said:
I wouldn't install system files from a different version. You can hunt around and try to find a factory image for your model and use Odin to flash it. Then, start from scratch. Or, if there are any custom ROM's available for your phone, flash that and you won't have to worry about the system files. Rule of thumb for next time..if you don't know what it is, you probably shouldn't delete it!
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I thought uninstalling bloatware was the same as unninstalling a normal aplication. I didnt unninstall anything i didnt know what it was, it just happened that those processes got unninstaled togheder with the bloatware without me even noticing. It would be nice if titanium backup would tell me all that is being unninstaled, so i dont get another surprise like this. Example: " You are unninstalling Crap Bloatware v2.0. Be warned that along with this the following processes will be unninstalled aswell: com.importantsystemthing, com.sec.blabla. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Woodrube said:
In addition to that. One of the beauty things with Titanium Backup Pro is that you can "Freeze" apps to see if there is any detrimental effects by not having the run. If so, then you can "defrost" them. When in doubt, don't uninstall no matter how much you think it is bloat.
I am asking another RC to come in here that owns an Ace and see if he can help you. Could take a little time as he is on the other side of the world from me.
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Couldnt install titanium backup pro yet. Tells me my key is invalid.
Kinda learned my lesson. Leaving the rest of the bloatware in the phone. (Still get annoyed every time i look at it though ) Thanks! No prob with the time, so far i havent noticed any problem in my Ace from the lack of those processes.

dpkPT said:
I thought uninstalling bloatware was the same as unninstalling a normal aplication. I didnt unninstall anything i didnt know what it was, it just happened that those processes got unninstaled togheder with the bloatware without me even noticing. It would be nice if titanium backup would tell me all that is being unninstaled, so i dont get another surprise like this. Example: " You are unninstalling Crap Bloatware v2.0. Be warned that along with this the following processes will be unninstalled aswell: com.importantsystemthing, com.sec.blabla. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Couldnt install titanium backup pro yet. Tells me my key is invalid.
Kinda learned my lesson. Leaving the rest of the bloatware in the phone. (Still get annoyed every time i look at it though ) Thanks! No prob with the time, so far i havent noticed any problem in my Ace from the lack of those processes.
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Hmm..I have never had issues with TB uninstalling anything that I didn't select. Just out of curiousity...what makes you think it is uninstalled?

dpkPT said:
Hello, i have rooted my Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) mainly with the purpose of removing the tons of bloatware my operator so kindly put on my phone.
So yesterday downloaded Titanium backup, and did the backup and removed the following applications:
Code:
- All posts 1.0
- All Share 1.1.0
- Apoio a Cliente 1.0 (Custumer support)
- Google Talk 1.3
- Music Shop 5.0.15
- Social Hub 1.00.10.101
- Thinkfree Office 2.0.110222
The problem with unninstalling this was that a few system applications got unninstalled aswell, and even after recuperating all of the above programs with my backup they appear as uninstalled:
Code:
- com.android.audioTuning
- com.broadcom.bt.app
- com.sec.android.appGpsSetup2
- com.sec.android.app.samsungapps.una
- com.sec.app.OmaCP
- com.wipereceiver
- pl.com.samsung
My questions are as follow:
1) Is any of the files that got unninstalled accidentally important? And if so, how can i recuperate them.
2) How do i know exactly what i am unnisntaling in the future so i dont get any more surprises
Thank you in advance,
dpkPT
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1. It doesn't seem like your device is the ace. It must be the i version of the ace. Because i can see the com.broadcom.bt app in it. Broadcom hardware is present only in the 'i' variant.
2. Yes you have deleted some system apps like OmaPC server.
Now all what you can do is
1. Check the label below the battery for the correct version of your device.
2. I guess it will be the ace i. So download a stock firmware from sammobile.com
3. Flash it using odin. There are tons of guides the flashing process.
Just Google it.
Hope this helps. Incase you need more help and i fail to reply to this thread, pm me.
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Titanium doesn't usually uninstall any extra apps that you haven't selected...weird that it did so for you
Anyways, if your phone starts acting weird, you could flash a stock rom using odin...
Instructions and everything else needed is available in the Galaxy Ace Sub-forums within xda...

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Hmm..I have never had issues with TB uninstalling anything that I didn't select. Just out of curiousity...what makes you think it is uninstalled?
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This:
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I only checked the end of the list (where that appeared) after unninstalling the bloatware i mentioned. So i have no idea if it was there before or not, i just assume it wasnt.
shaaan said:
1. It doesn't seem like your device is the ace. It must be the i version of the ace. Because i can see the com.broadcom.bt app in it. Broadcom hardware is present only in the 'i' variant.
2. Yes you have deleted some system apps like OmaPC server.
Now all what you can do is
1. Check the label below the battery for the correct version of your device.
2. I guess it will be the ace i. So download a stock firmware from sammobile.com
3. Flash it using odin. There are tons of guides the flashing process.
Just Google it.
Hope this helps. Incase you need more help and i fail to reply to this thread, pm me.
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Rechecked it, still a S5830 Phone says the same:
a.cid said:
Titanium doesn't usually uninstall any extra apps that you haven't selected...weird that it did so for you
Anyways, if your phone starts acting weird, you could flash a stock rom using odin...
Instructions and everything else needed is available in the Galaxy Ace Sub-forums within xda...
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It was like they "piggybacked" the bloatware and unninstalled with it :|

WhatsApp no longer starts

WhatsApp no longer starts since 07/05/2023, because it is not possible to update to the latest version as I am asked to log in to my Google account despite already being logged in !
I have tried the solutions suggested here, except the one that involves removing the accounts because the warning message suggests to me that the data may be lost.
Does anyone have any idea how to solve ?

Deleting an Google account is different from removing it from your device. When you delete your Google account, it gets deleted permanently from Google servers. So any data associated with your Google account will be lost.
Removing the Google account simply removes it from your phone. It’s like logging out of Google account. All your data associated with the account will stay on Google servers. You can add the account again on your phone or sign in from the web.
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As you suggested I've removed the Google account.
When I launch WhatsApp it detects the absence of the account and asks me to add one, but the problem remains the same.
I would like to try to uninstall WhatsApp and install it again, but I am afraid of losing all the data: if I make a backup of the WhatsApp folder that is in the filesystem under storage, then it may be enough to restore it in case of any problems ?

gldev said:
As you suggested I've removed the Google account.
When I launch WhatsApp it detects the absence of the account and asks me to add one, but the problem remains the same.
I would like to try to uninstall WhatsApp and install it again, but I am afraid of losing all the data: if I make a backup of the WhatsApp folder that is in the filesystem under storage, then it may be enough to restore it in case of any problems ?
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WhatsApp now saves all it's files, including media, in the Android/ media folder.
Take a back-up of that folder, after creating a local backup from within WhatsApp.
If you don't do this, and uninstall WhatsApp, it will delete all your WhatsApp media too. By default, WhatsApp doesn't backup videos received in chats.

TheMystic said:
WhatsApp now saves all it's files, including media, in the Android/ media folder.
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I would like to point out that the device in question is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 SM-T311 with Android 4.4.2 purchased in 2014.
In my case the Android/media folder does not exist.
The Android/Data/com.whatsapp folder is present but it is empty.
All the data seems to be in Storage/Emulated/0/WhatsApp
TheMystic said:
Take a back-up of that folder, after creating a local backup from within WhatsApp.
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This is not possible because WhatsApp does not start ...

gldev said:
This is not possible because WhatsApp does not start ...
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IIRC then
1.
WhatsApp automatically makes a backup of all your chats every night at 4:00 / 2:00.
2.
This backup is then stored on the internal memory of your smartphone:
3.
On Android the chat backups of WhatsApp are stored on the internal memory in the folder "/sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases" and/or "/local/WhatsApp/Databases". There, in turn, the backups are in the form of so-called msgstore.db files. Currently, for example, there is msgstore.db.crypt12, which is the current backup. In addition, there are backups of the previous days, which also start with msgstore.db.crypt12 and have a date appended, i.e. something like msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.db.crypt12.
4.
To backup the chat backups of Whatsapp open the file manager on your phone. If no file manager is installed, download MiXplorer. Navigate to the path "/sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases" and/or "/local/WhatsApp/Databases".
Here you will now find the file msgstore.db.crypt12. Move this file as a backup to another location, preferably to the SD-card - in any case outside the WhatsApp folder - and then use ADB to pull it to PC.

jwoegerbauer said:
WhatsApp automatically makes a backup of all your chats every night at 4:00 / 2:00.
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If the device is powered off at that time, the backp is skipped or is this done the next time it is turned back on ?
jwoegerbauer said:
On Android the chat backups of WhatsApp are stored on the internal memory in the folder "/sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases" and/or "/local/WhatsApp/Databases". There, in turn, the backups are in the form of so-called msgstore.db files. Currently, for example, there is msgstore.db.crypt12, which is the current backup. In addition, there are backups of the previous days, which also start with msgstore.db.crypt12 and have a date appended, i.e. something like msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.db.crypt12.
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On my device all the data seems to be in Storage/Emulated/0/WhatsApp which in turn contains the Backup, Databases and Media folders.
The Databases folder contains the files msgstore.db.crypt14, msgstore-2023-02-03.1.db.crypt14 and msgstore-2023-02-06.1.db.crypt14
The most recent files in the Backup and Databases folders are from February 06, 2023.

gldev said:
This is not possible because WhatsApp does not start ...
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Most probable reason is WhatsApp has stopped supporting your Android version or device.
gldev said:
If the device is powered off at that time, the backp is skipped or is this done the next time it is turned back on ?
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Yes, backup would automatically run next time your device turns on.
gldev said:
The Databases folder contains the files msgstore.db.crypt14, msgstore-2023-02-03.1.db.crypt14 and msgstore-2023-02-06.1.db.crypt14
The most recent files in the Backup and Databases folders are from February 06, 2023.
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Those are the last time WhatsApp backed up your chats. Didn't you use WhatsApp for the last 3 months?
You will be able to restore your chats on a newer device or device with a newer Android version.

TheMystic said:
Those are the last time WhatsApp backed up your chats. Didn't you use WhatsApp for the last 3 months ?
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I used WhatsApp daily, but I always turned off the tablet at night.
Tonight I did a test and left the device on, and indeed in the Databases folder the files were updated to today's date, so it can be concluded that the backup is only performed at 02:00 if the device remains switched on.

In addition to Google Play Store, you can laso download the latest apk from the WhatsApp official website.

I forgot to point out that in the Android options, under Accounts, there is WhatsApp with contact synchronization enabled.
In any case, I'm pretty much sure that conversations are backed up on external servers, because when I access WhatsApp web I find the history of all old conversations ...

TheMystic said:
Most probable reason is WhatsApp has stopped supporting your Android version or device.
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James_Watson said:
In addition to Google Play Store, you can laso download the latest apk from the WhatsApp official website.
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As suggested, I tried to install WhatsApp by downloading the .Apk file, but I get the message 'Error while analysing the package'.
I also tried uninstalling WhatsApp, but it is then no longer possible to reinstall it from Google Play Store.
Although support for Android 4.4.2 officially ends on 24 October, my device is evidently no longer supported.
Never mind, I'll use the new devices I have, or maybe I'll try installing an unofficial rom to get Android 7.0 on this tablet.

gldev said:
As suggested, I tried to install WhatsApp by downloading the .Apk file, but I get the message 'Error while analysing the package'.
I also tried uninstalling WhatsApp, but it is then no longer possible to reinstall it from Google Play Store.
Although support for Android 4.4.2 officially ends on 24 October, my device is evidently no longer supported.
Never mind, I'll use the new devices I have, or maybe I'll try installing an unofficial rom to get Android 7.0 on this tablet.
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The message, 'Error while analysing the package', likely means that the latest version of the APK no longer supports your old Android system.

gldev said:
As suggested, I tried to install WhatsApp by downloading the .Apk file, but I get the message 'Error while analysing the package'.
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To fix this in app's AndroidManifest.xml explictly set the value of the android:exported value to true.

jwoegerbauer said:
To fix this in app's AndroidManifest.xml explictly set the value of the android:exported value to true.
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I opened the AndroidManifest.xml file with AndroidStudio, but there are too many android:exported="true" entries in it.
I was thinking of limiting the change to the Activity tag that contains the android:name=".MainActivity" entry, as shown in your screenshot, but this entry is not present in the file ...