So I have a couple of whatsapp backups made in titanium backup.
The first one, the older one it was made before I reset my phone and wiped the whole system.
The second backup, was made after I installed the whatsapp application on the newly installed OS, you know how when you reactivate your whatsapp account you got all the messages that has been sent to your number from multiple contacts at once. These messages are a lot and from many contacts so I also backed them up.
The dilemma that I'm facing now, is that when I restore the first app data I lose the new backup and when I restore the second app data files I lose the chats and history from the first backup.
So is there any way to merge both backups and restore them at once.
Note, that when I added the files of the app data from both backups in the titanium backup folder and performed a restore, the application restored the recent backup and neglected the first.
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I have a full backup and If I select restore missing apps+system data I get FC after FC. If I just do restore all user apps and data all is fine. now the only thing I'm really missing is my sms/texts backups. Anybody know how to restore JUST those in titanium backup ? Our even just a forum and not a WIKI for TB ?
Thanks
Restoring your user apps plus data is fine but restoring system apps is never a good idea the only data I ever restore from the system is memo and bookmarks but ill give you a simple solution restore your user apps and data then if you want to use gosms to backup and restore your text messages I've been doing that for a long time
But if you must use titanium backup only backup the system data you need aka bookmarks memo and texts then just restore them
All you do to restore individual things is scroll through the list and tap on whatever u want then hit restore
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to retrieve the sms you have to restore data for [sms/mms/apn] dialer storage and reboot your phone
Get sms backup and restore its much easier to manage them
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I am running ViperXL and it was acting up a bit so I backed up my contacts using titanium backup and reinstalled the rom. I then tried to restore the backup and it will not restore. It claims it does but I have zero contacts in my phone. Because I value my time I really need to get the numbers and names out of the files that I have saved (the backups). Is there a way to view them that is understandable? I decompressed most of the files but it's just a jumbled mess.
Thanks for any help!
Hi everyone!
On previous phones I've been able to use the extract from nandroid backup feature in Titanium to restore my messages by restoring data only to 'phone/message storage' app. When I look on the app list on the S8+ I can't seem to find 'phone/message storage' anywhere.
I can use the restore from xml, but its super slow and restores 1 text message per min and I have thousands of messages. Where as extracting and restoring data only via nandroid back up takes about a min because it moves the messages 'file' from the backup to the phone rather than restoring texts one by one.
Thank you ?
Hello,
I am trying to figure out a way to restore a backup I have under my Google Drive "Backups" section. Specifically, it's an SMS backup I took and forgot to use the restore option during the initial setup of my phone. I do not want to factory reset my phone as I've done a lot of modifications to it such as flashing, rooting, etc. I tried an app called SMS Backup and Restore but that didn't work as I'm assuming it's only for new backups you take using their app.
If you know of a way I can retrieve the SMS messages from my Google Drive backup without having to do a factory reset, that would be great.
Thanks!
I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!
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I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!
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Text messages have to be backed up via a separate process such as the SMS backup/restore that you used. If you want your texts backed up and restored, that is the process you need to use.
Long story short, restore your backup from the SMS Backup/Restore app that you already have. This is the generalized/generic way of backing up and restoring text messages. As far as I know, there isn't a simpler/more user friendly method of doing this other than using tools&apps similar to SMS Backup/Restore.